What does "cryptography" mean?

The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation.

What is a synonym for "cryptography"?

Common synonyms include: cryptology, cipher, code, code formation, coded message, coding.

How do you pronounce "cryptography"?

Pronounced /[kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]/.

Cryptography

/[kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]/ noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun

1
The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation. uncountable, usually
"Holonym: cryptology"
2
act of writing in code or cipher wordnet
3
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms wordnet

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cryptology cipher code code formation coded message coding

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"Cryptography is the skill of making and breaking codes."

Etymology

From crypto- + -graphy.

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