Cryptography

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  • noun. Any of various mathematical techniques for encrypting and decrypting data in order to keep it private when transmitted or stored electronically.
  • noun. The process or skill of communicating in or deciphering secret writings or ciphers.
  • noun. Secret writing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or art of writing in secret characters.
  • noun. A system of secret or occult characters; that which is written in cipher.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code.
  • noun. The science which studies methods for encoding messages so that they can be read only by a person who knows the secret information required for decoding, called the key; it includes cryptanalysis, the science of decoding encrypted messages without possessing the proper key, and has several other branches; see for example steganography.
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  • noun. The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.
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  • noun. act of writing in code or cipher
  • noun. the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
    • Word Usage
    "“The cryptography is simply not fit for purpose,” security consultant Adam Laurie told the Telegraph."
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    Glossary of cryptography  
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    science  scientific discipline  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cepstrum  cipher  cmt  communityone  cryptogram  
    Synonym
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    cipher  code  coded message  coup de plume  criticism  
    variant
    cryptanalysis  steganography  
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