====== Encryption Key ======
====Definition==== 
An encryption key is an algorithm which specifies how a message is to be encoded.  The encrypted message is often called ciphertext.  The original message is called plain text. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption|Wikipedia]] for more information. 

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An encryption key is an algorithm which specifies how a message is to be encoded.  The encrypted message is often called ciphertext.  The original message is called plain text. See \href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption}{Wikipedia} for more information. 
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==== External links ====
  *[[wp>Encryption]]


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