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    CRYPTOGRAPHY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Act of writing in code or cipherplay

    Synonyms:

    coding; cryptography; secret writing; steganography

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("cryptography" is a kind of...):

    committal to writing; writing (the activity of putting something in written form)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cryptography"):

    encoding; encryption (the activity of converting data or information into code)

    recoding (converting from one code to another)

    decipherment; decoding; decryption (the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text)

    Derivation:

    cryptographer (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)

    cryptographical (of or relating to cryptanalysis)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptogramsplay

    Synonyms:

    cryptanalysis; cryptanalytics; cryptography; cryptology

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("cryptography" is a kind of...):

    science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)

    Derivation:

    cryptographer (decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms)

    cryptographical (of or relating to cryptanalysis)

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