An encryption method for transmitting data that uses key pairs, comprising one private and one public key. Public key cryptography is called "asymmetric encryption" because both keys are not equal. A ...

Cryptography can mean either the analysis or the deciphering of codes, ciphers and cryptograms. Also known as: cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology. First Seen1900 B.C. Cryptography is a method ...

Quantum cryptography, also called quantum encryption, applies principles of quantum mechanics to encrypt messages in a way that it is never read by anyone outside of the intended recipient. It takes ...

An encryption method that uses the same secret key to encrypt and decrypt messages. Contrast with "public key cryptography," which uses a two-part key; one public and one private. THIS DEFINITION IS ...