homomorphic encryption

English

Noun

homomorphic encryption (usually uncountable, plural homomorphic encryptions)

1. (cryptography) A form of encryption that permits users to perform computations on its encrypted data without first decrypting it.
   • 2014, Xun Yi, Russell Paulet, Elisa Bertino, Homomorphic Encryption and Applications, Springer, →ISBN, page 50:

     In 2010, Nigel P. Smart and Frederik Vercauteren presented a fully homomorphic encryption scheme with smaller key and ciphertext sizes.

   • 2020, Haya Shajaiah, Ahmed Abdelhadi, Charles Clancy, Performance and Security for the Internet of Things […] , McGraw Hill, →ISBN, page 101:

     As mentioned before, homomorphic encryption is adopted in our auction design. Homomorphic encryption is used when there is a requirement to perform certain operations while the inputs are not disclosed.

Further reading

• homomorphic encryption on Wikipedia.Wikipedia