Synonyms for cryptography
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : krip-tog-ruh-fee |
| Phonetic Transcription : krɪpˈtɒg rə fi |
Définition of cryptography
Origin :- 1650s, from French cryptographie or directly from Modern Latin cryptographia, from Greek kryptos "hidden" (see crypt) + -graphy. Related: Cryptograph; cryptographer.
- As in Morse code : noun signaling code
- In cryptography it's a number, or letter, thrown in for the sake of appearance, or to confuse.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
- In this work the different methods of cryptography are classified.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 » by Various
- Cryptography, krip-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of secret writing: the character or cipher so used.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- He is the author of a work on cryptography, I believe, though I am ashamed to say I haven't yet read it.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
- I am not altogether ignorant of cryptography; it was Trevisa's favorite pursuit when we were at college.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
- The same with cryptography, which we've both run up against, no doubt, in course of business.
- Extract from : « The Red Redmaynes » by Eden Phillpotts
- If they retained the name of some god or hero of mythology, the only way they dared to write it was by cryptography.
- Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
- They are much more difficult to decipher than was the cryptography left by the pirate Kidd.
- Extract from : « The Jenolan Caves » by Samuel Cook
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