unshuffle

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English

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Etymology

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un- +‎ shuffle

Verb

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unshuffle (third-person singular simple present unshuffles, present participle unshuffling, simple past and past participle unshuffled)

  1. (transitive) To restore to order from a shuffled state.
    • 2012, Tamara Dean, Network+ Guide to Networks, page 516:
      In encryption, theoretically only the user or program authorized to retrieve the data knows how to unshuffle the ciphertext and compile the data in its original sequence.