cryptography
The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data…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.
» This is one of the weak points of public key cryptography.
Це одна з уразливих точок шифрування з відкритим ключем. — ochern
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1 senses(uncountable, 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
Kryptographie
криптогра́фияkriptográfija
криптогра́фіяkryptohráfija
- act of writing in code or cipher
- the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Examples
5 sentencesThis is one of the weak points of public key cryptography.
Це одна з уразливих точок шифрування з відкритим ключем. — ochern
Nowadays, cryptography is often used to make online communications and transactions more secure.
Cryptography is the skill of making and breaking codes.
What is quantum cryptography?
ruЧто такое квантовая криптография? — marafon
deWas ist Quantenkryptographie? — Adelpa
A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography.
Translations
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Origin
From crypto- + -graphy.From crypto- + -graphy.
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Forms
plural: cryptographies| Singular | cryptography |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- act of writing in code or cipher:codingsecret writingsteganography
- the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms:cryptanalysiscryptanalyticscryptology
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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