Complex sentence: Secure multi-party computation (also known as secure computation or multi-party computation (MPC)) is a subfield of cryptography with the goal to create methods for parties to jointly compute a function over their inputs, and keeping these inputs private.
Split into simpler sentences: Secure multi-party computation (also known as secure computation or multi-party computation (MPC)) is a subfield of cryptography. The goal of this field is to create methods that enable parties to jointly compute a function over their inputs, while at the same time keeping these inputs private.