Category:Encryption: Difference between revisions

From Rosetta Code
Content added Content deleted
((or decryption))
m (minor grammatical fix)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Category:Mathematical operations]]Tasks in this category have to do with data encryption (or decryption) using various algorithms.
[[Category:Mathematical operations]]Tasks in this category have to do with data encryption (or decryption) using various algorithms.


Note that encryption is not the same as a checksum. With encryption, the derived data carries and encrypted form of the original data, and can be manipulated to recreate the original input. A checksum is simply a sequence of characters (usually just a few characters in length) that cannot be converted back to the original form (because more than one input can have the same checksum).
Note that encryption is not the same as a checksum. With encryption, the derived data carries an encrypted form of the original data, and can be manipulated to recreate the original input. A checksum is simply a sequence of characters (usually just a few characters in length) that cannot be converted back to the original form (because more than one input can have the same checksum).


[[Category:Solutions by Programming Task]]
[[Category:Solutions by Programming Task]]

Revision as of 07:59, 19 July 2011

Tasks in this category have to do with data encryption (or decryption) using various algorithms.

Note that encryption is not the same as a checksum. With encryption, the derived data carries an encrypted form of the original data, and can be manipulated to recreate the original input. A checksum is simply a sequence of characters (usually just a few characters in length) that cannot be converted back to the original form (because more than one input can have the same checksum).

Retrieved from "https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Encryption?oldid=80469"