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There's a difference. Information has meaning. Encrypted information is data, which may not have any obvious meaning
'''Encryption''' is the process of changing [[data]] into a secret [[code]] using a algorithm (cipher).<ref>http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/encryption.html</ref> It is usually carried out today by [[computer]]s, although in the past it was traditionally carried out by analog machines or by specialists known as [[cryptographer]]s.
'''Encryption''' is the process of changing information into a secret [[code]] using a algorithm (cipher).<ref>http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/E/encryption.html</ref> It is usually carried out today by [[computer]]s, although in the past it was traditionally carried out by analog machines or by specialists known as [[cryptographer]]s.
==History==
==History==