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Cryptographic - 4 dictionary results

cryp⋅tog⋅ra⋅phy

[krip-tog-ruh-fee]
–noun
1. the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, esp. code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def. 2).
2. the procedures, processes, methods, etc., of making and using secret writing, as codes or ciphers.
3. anything written in a secret code, cipher, or the like.

Origin:
1635–45; crypto- + -graphy
cryp·tog·ra·phy     (krĭp-tŏg'rə-fē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The process or skill of communicating in or deciphering secret writings or ciphers.
  2. Secret writing.

cryp'to·graph'ic (-tə-grāf'ĭk) adj., cryp'to·graph'i·cal·ly adv.
cryptographic

adjective
of or relating to cryptanalysis [syn: cryptanalytic

Cryptographic

Cryp`to*graph"ic\ (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k),

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