privateencoding
nounUK /ˈpraɪvət ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈpraɪvət ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
A way of hiding a message so only certain people can read it.
The app uses privateencoding to keep your chats secret.
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2. The process of converting data into a secret format for a specific person or group.
Privateencoding protects the files sent between the two offices.
3. A personal method of writing or storing information that others cannot easily understand.
His diary was written in privateencoding that only he could decode.
4. In computing, encoding data with a key so that unauthorized users cannot access it.
The software applies privateencoding before uploading the backup.