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CRYPTOGRAPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of writing in code or cipher
Synonyms:
coding; cryptography; secret writing; steganography
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cryptography" is a kind of...):
committal to writing; writing (the activity of putting something in written form)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cryptography"):
encoding; encryption (the activity of converting data or information into code)
recoding (converting from one code to another)
decipherment; decoding; decryption (the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text)
Derivation:
cryptographer (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)
cryptographical (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Synonyms:
cryptanalysis; cryptanalytics; cryptography; cryptology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cryptography" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Derivation:
cryptographer (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)
cryptographical (of or relating to cryptanalysis)
