Definitions for "CryptoAPI"
Application programming interface that enables application developers to add authentication, encoding, and encryption to Windows-based applications.
(Cryptographic Application Programming Interface) A Microsoft API that offers system-level access to common cryptographic functions.
An application programming interface (API) that is provided as part of Microsoft Windows. CryptoAPI provides a set of functions that allow applications to encrypt or digitally sign data in a flexible manner while providing protection for the user's sensitive private key data. Actual cryptographic operations are performed by independent modules known as cryptographic service providers (CSPs). See also: application programming interface (API); cryptographic service provider (CSP); private key