cryptanalysis

cryptanalysis
cryptanalysis crypt"a*nal"y*sis, n. 1. 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}). [PJC]

2. the methods and procedures used to discover the secret meaning hidden in encrypted messages. [PJC]


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