An encryption code is a set of rules or instructions that transform information into a secret or coded form. It helps keep the information secure and private by making it difficult for unauthorized people to understand or access it. Full definition
Cracking encryption codes based on either scheme could take normal computer processors thousands of years because they perform operations one after the other, using bits, either 0 or 1. (discovermagazine.com)
The second involves new encryption codes based on math problems that would stump even quantum computers. (discovermagazine.com)
Alongside retrofitting the Internet's security backbone with QKD, deploying new encryption codes also could stump would - be hackers. (discovermagazine.com)