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cryptanalyzing

cryptanalyzing is the present participle and gerund of cryptanalyze.

Meaning of cryptanalyze

Verb

cryptanalyze (third-person singular simple present cryptanalyzes, present participle cryptanalyzing, simple past and past participle cryptanalyzed)

  1. To perform cryptanalysis
    • How the Enigma was broken is an unusual story like no other (at least among the cryptanalytic stories that have become known to date). In view of the units produced and the significance of these machines, every effort put into cryptanalyzing them was justified.2007, Reinhard Wobst, “Cryptology from the Romans to World War II”, in Angelika Shafir, transl., Cryptology Unlocked, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, section 5 (Domain of the Militaries: Ciphering...

Questions about cryptanalyzing

What is cryptanalyzing the present participle and gerund of?
Cryptanalyzing is the present participle and gerund of cryptanalyze.

Words near cryptanalyzing in the dictionary

  1. cryptanalytically
  2. cryptanalytics
  3. cryptanalyze
  4. cryptanalyzed
  5. cryptanalyzes
  6. cryptanalyzing
  7. cryptand
  8. cryptands
  9. cryptanoside
  10. cryptarchies
  11. cryptarchy

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