"so that only authorized parties can view it" - you can't view it if you can't decrypt it
"encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it" - authorized parties can't decode XXX-XXXX
These are all the exact same thing.
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"so that only authorized parties can view it" - you can't view it if you can't decrypt it
"encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it" - authorized parties can't decode XXX-XXXX
These are all the exact same thing.