The transformation of individual components such as characters or bits of an unencrypted message into encrypted components is known as ____.
A) key
B) cryptosystem
C) cipher
D) steganography

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The transformation of individual components into encrypted components is known as cipher. A cipher is a method for encrypting plain text into something unreadable (cipher text) to protect it from unauthorized access.

The Transformation of Individual Components Such as Characters or Bits