AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is encryption?
Encryption: The process of scrambling data with a key so that only someone holding the right key can read it. It protects information stored on disk or sent across networks from being understood by outsiders.
Encryption: an example
A messaging app encrypts your chat so that the network carrying it cannot read the words.
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Where you learn it
Encryption is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.