Associations to the word «Cryptography»

Wiktionary

CRYPTOGRAPHY, noun. The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

Dictionary definition

CRYPTOGRAPHY, noun. The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms.
CRYPTOGRAPHY, noun. Act of writing in code or cipher.

Wise words

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
Francis Bacon