Cryptanalysis

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  • noun. The analysis and deciphering of cryptographic writings or systems.
  • noun. The study of techniques for deciphering cryptographic writings or systems.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. the science which studies methods to discovering the secret meaning of encrypted messages for which one does not possess the secret decoding information (called the key).
  • noun. the methods and procedures used to discover the secret meaning hidden in encrypted messages.
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  • noun. The science of analyzing and breaking of codes and ciphers.
  • noun. An analysis or decrypting of a specific text or a specific code or cipher.
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  • noun. the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
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    "If so, then cryptanalysis is deep within the orthodox paradigm."
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