encryptedchannel
nounUK /ɪnˈkrɪptɪd ˈtʃænəl/
US /ɪnˈkrɪptɪd ˈtʃænəl/
A secret path on the internet where messages are locked so only the right people can read them.
The app sends your messages through an encrypted channel so nobody else can peek.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A communication route in which data is scrambled into code during transmission.
The bank uses an encrypted channel for online payments.
3. A protected line between two computer programs that keeps their talk hidden.
The two servers opened an encrypted channel before sharing files.
4. A way of sending information that looks like gibberish to anyone without the key.
Without the password, the encrypted channel is just noise.