"Pretty Good Privacy" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Pretty Good Privacy}} Pretty Good Privacy
  1. (computing) software that encrypts and decrypts messages, for transmission over the Internet, using public-key cryptography Synonyms: PGP Hypernyms: privacy

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