ENCRYPTION

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Communications Systems — Encryption

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Information on Encryption

Encryption is a process in which transmitted data (plain text) is scrambled (encrypted) into cipher text at the transmitter and reconstructed into readable data (plain text) at the receiver.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Encryption include: 
 
  • decryption
  • plain text
  • cipher text
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  • symmetric encryption
  • Data Encryption Standard (DES)
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  • Public-key encryption
  • Encrypt

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