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To '''decrypt''' is to convert encrypted text into its equivalent plain text by means of a cryptosystem. This does not include solution by [[cryptanalysis]]. | To '''decrypt''' is to convert encrypted text into its equivalent plain text by means of a cryptosystem. This does not include solution by [[cryptanalysis]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:05, July 13, 2007
To decrypt is to convert encrypted text into its equivalent plain text by means of a cryptosystem. This does not include solution by cryptanalysis.
The term "decrypt" covers the meanings of "decipher" and "decode."
Mathematicians typically work on encryption and decryption.