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Encryption
Scrambling data or messages with a cipher or code so that they are unreadable without a secret key. In some cases encryption algorithms are one directional, that is, they only encode and the resulting data cannot be unscrambled (e.g., access/verify codes).


Source: Spinal Cord Dysfunction V. 2.0 User Manual


This is a Glossary term from the VistA Documentation Library