Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Transmission (Section 4 - No. 40)
What is the main goal of encryption?
To detect errors in the data.
To convert the data into an unreadable format.
To speed up the data transmission process.
To compress the data.
Explication
The primary purpose of encryption is to transform data into a form that is unreadable without the appropriate decryption key.