Ciphering

What does CIPHERING mean?

Ciphering is a form of CIPHER.

1. noun

   a message written in a secret code

2. verb

   convert ordinary language into code

   “We should encode the message for security reasons”

3. noun

   a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

4. noun

   a quantity of no importance

   “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.