CRYPTOGRAPHY


Meaning of CRYPTOGRAPHY in English

n.

Pronunciation: krip- ' tä-gr ə -f ē

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin cryptographia, from crypt- + -graphia -graphy

Date: 1658

1 : secret writing

2 : the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher also : the computerized encoding and decoding of information

3 : CRYPTANALYSIS

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.