cryptography
[kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]
cryptography noun: 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.
Noun
cryptography (usually uncountable, plural cryptographies)
- 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.
- Holonym: cryptology
- We might abate...the strange cryptography of Gaffarell in his Starrie Booke of Heaven.1658, Sir Thomas Browne (first use in English)
cryptography meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
cryptography in Hindi
- discipline concerned with communication security
- गूढ़लेखन gūṛhlekhan
cryptography in Tamil
- கமுக்கவியல், மறைமுக தொடர்பாடலியல், மறைமுகவியல், மறையியல், மறையீட்டியல், குறியாக்கவியல்
cryptography in Bengali
- ক্রিপ্টোগ্রাফি, সংকেতবিজ্ঞান
cryptography in Malayalam
- discipline concerned with communication security
- ഗൂഢശാസ്ത്രം gūḍhaśāstraṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- cryptography in Indonesian
- kriptografi
- cryptography in Persian
- رمزنگاری ramz-negâri
Examples of cryptography in a sentence
- “Cryptology” is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and cryptanalysis.
- One advantage of asymmetric cryptography is that you can exchange data without sharing the ability to read it.
- Quantum-resistant replacements will have to be found for public-key cryptography and for Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
Forms of cryptography
| plural | cryptographies |
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Origin of cryptography
From crypto- + -graphy.
Words formed from cryptography
Phrases with cryptography
Words that rhyme with cryptography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about cryptography
- What does cryptography mean?
- Cryptography means 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 cryptography in Hindi?
- Cryptography in Hindi is गूढ़लेखन (gūṛhlekhan). See Cryptography meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cryptography?
- Cryptography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cryptography?
- Cryptography is pronounced [kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː].
- What is the plural of cryptography?
- The plural of cryptography is cryptographies.
Words near cryptography in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cryptography (page history and authors); cryptography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cryptography (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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