(n.) Abbreviated as PGP, a technique developed by Philip Zimmerman for encrypting messages. PGP is one of the most common...

Asymmetric encryption, or public-key encryption, is a type of cryptographic protocol that uses a public and private key to exchange...

1.) A button on a keyboard. 2.) In database management systems, a key is a field used to sort data....

Refers to textual data in ASCII format. Plain text is the most portable format because it is supported by nearly...

The process of decoding data that has been encrypted into a secret format. Decryption requires a secret key or password.

Encryption is the process of translating data into a secret format so that only authorized parties can understand the information....