anticryptography
anticryptography noun: the encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.
Noun
anticryptography (uncountable)
- The encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.
- We are considering not cryptography, but anticryptography, the design by a very intelligent civilization of a message so simple that even civilizations as primitive as ours can understand it.1973, Carl Sagan, The cosmic connection: an extraterrestrial perspective
- It is common in the art of anticryptography to include a cross-check device with the coded message so that the recipient may reassure himself that he has properly deciphered and understood the message.2005, Paul A LaViolette, Earth Under Fire: Humanity's Survival of the Ice Age
Origin of anticryptography
From anti- + cryptography.
Words that rhyme with anticryptography
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Questions about anticryptography
- What does anticryptography mean?
- Anticryptography means the encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.
- What part of speech is anticryptography?
- Anticryptography is a noun.
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