Glossary · Computer science
Encryption
Turning readable data into a code that only someone with the right key can read, with ciphers such as AES or RSA.
Where it comes up
In the game, 1 prompt asks about encryption. 31 answers count in total; the common ones float, and 23 rare ones sink below the surface.
Some examples
Taken from “Name an encryption algorithm or cipher”, the familiar end of the list:
- AES
- RSA
- DES
- Triple DES
- Blowfish
- Twofish
- ChaCha20
- RC4
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