mixedencryption
nounUK /mɪkst ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/
US /mɪkst ɛnˈkrɪpʃən/
A way of hiding a message using two or more different secret codes together.
The app uses mixedencryption so that both the text and the pictures stay safe.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A system that scrambles data with more than one method at the same time.
Engineers chose mixedencryption to protect the files on the shared drive.
3. The process of applying different locks to different parts of the same message.
With mixedencryption, the header and the body of the email are locked in separate ways.
4. A security setup where old and new coding methods work together.
The upgrade kept mixedencryption so older devices could still connect safely.