The act of deciphering.
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the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
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the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory.the activity of converting data or information into code
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory.A way of scrambling information so only authorised people can read it.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Communication theory.The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respirato…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.(astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.(particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified a…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.(astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises o…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.(particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Communication theory.A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examinati…
Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Qualitative methods.chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Qualitative methods.act of writing in code or cipher
Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Qualitative methods.a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmu…
Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Qualitative methods.the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Qualitative methods.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.Checking that someone or something is who it claims to be.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systemat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.The act or state of sticking together; close union.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.See Cipher.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by orna…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- sai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the propriet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.The power which a horse exerts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, making, clear, converting, code.
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