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definition of the word cryptography

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Cryptography

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< Greek κρυπτός (kryptos), hidden) + γράφειν (gráphein), to write)

Singular
cryptography

Plural
uncountable

cryptography (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 1658:, Sir Thomas Browne (first use in English),
      We might abate...the strange cryptography of Gaffarell in his Starrie Booke of Heaven.


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