[di:'krɪpʃən] n This HTML5 player is not supported by your browser
commun.
desaleatorización f ; descodificación f
commun., IT
desciframiento m ; descifre
comp., MS
descifrado n (The process of converting encrypted content back into its original form to make it readable again. This is also called converting ciphertext back to plaintext)
IT
descifrado n
English thesaurus
IT
A technique used to recover the original plaintext from the ciphertext so that it is intelligible to the reader decryption is a reverse process of the encryption.
mil., logist.
Operation consisting in reconstructing, in plain text, an encrypted piece of information. This operation requires that one has the same keys as those used for encryption. (FRA)