cryptanalysis

[krip-tuh-nal-uh-sis]

crypt·a·nal·y·sis

[krip-tuh-nal-uh-sis]
noun
1.
the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
2.
the science or study of such procedures. Compare cryptography (def. 1).

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; crypt(ogram) + analysis

crypt·an·a·lyt·ic [krip-tan-l-it-ik] , adjective
crypt·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
crypt·an·a·lyst [krip-tan-l-ist] , noun
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Cryptanalysis has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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cryptanalysis (ˌkrɪptəˈnælɪsɪs)
 
n
the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
 
[C20: from cryptograph + analysis]
 
cryptanalytic
 
adj
 
crypt'analyst
 
n

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cryptanalysis definition


The branch of cryptography concerned with decoding encrypted messages when you're not supposed to be able to.
(1994-12-06)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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