To purchase an item from an Internet site,you will be asked to provide a credit card number.Because of ________,a computer hacker who intercepts this number as it is being sent to the seller would likely see £D¥$&0PDJLJL,or something equally as meaningless.

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Encryption is the process of converting plain text into a coded message that can only be read by someone who has the key to decode it. By encrypting the credit card number before it is sent over the internet, it becomes unreadable to anyone who intercepts it, including computer hackers.

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