Complete Definition of "cryptology"

English

Etymology
From the Greek words kryptós (hidden) and logos (word)

Pronunciation

Noun
cryptology

  1. The practice of analysing encode|encoded messages, in order to decode them.
  2. Cryptology is an umbrella term for cryptography and cryptanalysis. Cryptology is the study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.

Translations
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Croatian: t-|hr|kriptologija|f
Bulgarian: к�ип�ологи� f
Danish: Kryptologi
German: t-|de|Kryptologie|f
Polski: kryptologia f

See also
cryptography, cryptanalysis, ciphertext, plaintext, cleartext, code, key

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