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Cryptography is the process of transforming data from cleartext into ciphertext.

a. True
b. False

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Answer:

B) false

Step-by-step explanation:

Encryption can be regarded as

the process involving encoding of information. It brings about convertion of of original information ( plaintext) to another alternative form (ciphertext). While While cryptography can be regarded as the science that deals with encrypting as well as decrypting of information. plaintext is unencrypted data while ciphertext is encrypted data. It should be noted that encryption is the process of transforming data from cleartext into ciphertext.

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