Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cryptography"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cryptography \Cryp*tog"ra*phy\ (-f?), n. [Cf. F. cryptographie.]
The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret
characters, or cipher.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cryptography
n 1: the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers
and cryptograms [syn: {cryptanalysis}, {cryptanalytics},
{cryptology}]
2: act of writing in code or cipher [syn: {coding}, {secret
writing}]
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