Cryptography

Cryptography
Cryptography Cryp*tog"ra*phy (-f?), n. [Cf. F. cryptographie.] 1. The act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code. [1913 Webster +PJC]

2. 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. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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