A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for decoding by the recipient).
The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.
The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.