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: cryptanalysis, cipher, code, coded message, coding, coup de plume.

How do you pronounce "cryptography"?

Pronounced /[kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]/.

Cryptography

/[kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]/ noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

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