Dulkóðuð

Dulkóðuð is an Icelandic adjective and past participle meaning encrypted. It describes information that has been transformed by cryptographic methods to conceal its content from unauthorized readers. The form derives from the verb dulkóða, to encrypt.

In everyday and technical Icelandic, dulkóðuð is used with nouns such as gögn (data) and skrá (file). Common phrases include dulkóðuð gögn and dulkóðuð skrá, which indicate that the data or file is protected by encryption. The related noun dulkóðun refers to encryption as a process or practice.

Usage is widespread in information technology, cybersecurity, journalism and policy texts, where the confidentiality and integrity of information are discussed. The term can be inflected to match gender and number as required by Icelandic grammar.

Etymology: the word is formed from the verb dulkóða with the participle suffix -uð; it has related forms such as dulkóðun (encryption) and is used in various grammatical contexts to describe protected data or communications. See also: dulkóðun, encryption, cryptography, data security.