noun
- plural of encipherer; people or devices that convert plaintext into ciphertext using a cipher or encryption method
Usage: technical; cryptography
Examples
- The encipherers at the intelligence agency worked to secure sensitive communications.
- During World War II, encipherers used mechanical machines to encode military messages.
- Modern encipherers rely on complex mathematical algorithms to protect data.
- The team of encipherers developed new encryption protocols for the network.
- Historical encipherers often used substitution ciphers to hide information.
- Software encipherers automatically convert data into encrypted formats.