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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)

  1. (usually) 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.

All 11 example sentences with cryptography

Forms of cryptography

pluralcryptographies

Origin of cryptography

From crypto- + -graphy.

Words formed from cryptography

Phrases with cryptography

Words that rhyme with cryptography

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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

  1. cryptographies
  2. cryptographing
  3. cryptographist
  4. cryptographists
  5. cryptographs
  6. cryptography
  7. cryptohalite
  8. cryptojack
  9. cryptojacked
  10. cryptojacking
  11. cryptojackings

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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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