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Well, since outfits like RSA and various goobermints
use encrypt/decrypt and encryption/decryption, I'm more
than comfortable doing so.
Also, whether justifiably or not, I take encipher/decipher
to be a subset of encrypt/decrypt.
In my work, I certainly refer to encryption, so I couldn't
do without a parallel word for the reverse operation.
Before encryption, that was worth 2 cents...
Before inflation, it was worth... 2 cents. :-)
Kevin McLauchlan
kmclauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com
makers of fine encryption hardware for all
your security, privacy, and verification needs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tudsbery -at- matranet -dot- com [mailto:tudsbery -at- matranet -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:47 AM
> Subject: To decrypt or decipher
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> Do the verb decrypt and the noun decryption exist? Or should I use "to
> decipher" and "deciphering".
