Dictionary

cryptography en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]
• /kɹɪpˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
• krĭptŏgʹrəfē

Etymology

From crypto- + -graphy.

Meanings

1. (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.
   • We might abate...the strange cryptography of Gaffarell in his Starrie Booke of Heaven. 1658, Sir Thomas Browne (first use in English)
   • [A] man named Satoshi Nakamoto posted a research paper to an obscure cryptography listserv describing his design for a new digital currency that he called bitcoin. 2011 November 23, Benjamin Wallace, “The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:
   • Holonym: cryptology

Forms

Deriveds

public-key cryptography · anticryptography · cryptographic · quantum cryptography · elliptic-curve cryptography · asymmetric cryptography

Relateds

cryptology · cryptographer · cryptanalysis · crypt · cryptanalysis

Translations (42)

ga cripteagrafaíocht (discipline concerned with communication security) · gl criptografía (discipline concerned with communication security) · nl cryptografie (discipline concerned with communication security) · ro criptografie (discipline concerned with communication security) · da kryptografi (discipline concerned with communication security) · de Kryptographie (discipline concerned with communication security) · yi קריפּטאָגראַפֿיע (discipline concerned with communication security) · es criptografía (discipline concerned with communication security) · fi kryptografia (discipline concerned with communication security) · fa رمزنگاری (discipline concerned with communication security) · fr cryptographie (discipline concerned with communication security) · sv kryptografi (discipline concerned with communication security) · sh kriptografija (discipline concerned with communication security) · hu kriptográfia (discipline concerned with communication security) · ru криптогра́фия (discipline concerned with communication security) · uk криптогра́фія (discipline concerned with communication security) · cmn 密碼學 /密码学 (discipline concerned with communication security) · kw kelskrifonieth (discipline concerned with communication security) · it crittografia (discipline concerned with communication security) · pl kryptografia (discipline concerned with communication security) · bg криптография (discipline concerned with communication security) · fi salakirjoitustaito (discipline concerned with communication security) · ja 暗号論 (discipline concerned with communication security) · ml ഗൂഢശാസ്ത്രം (discipline concerned with communication security) · mk криптографија (discipline concerned with communication security) · cy cryptograffeg (discipline concerned with communication security) · is dulritunarfræði (discipline concerned with communication security) · nl geheimschrift (discipline concerned with communication security) · eo kriptografio (discipline concerned with communication security) · pt criptografia (discipline concerned with communication security) · sh криптографија (discipline concerned with communication security) · lv kriptogrāfija (discipline concerned with communication security) · ka კრიპტოგრაფია (discipline concerned with communication security) · ca criptografia (discipline concerned with communication security) · hi गूढ़लेखन (discipline concerned with communication security) · el κρυπτογραφία (discipline concerned with communication security) · ast criptografía (discipline concerned with communication security) · id kriptografi (discipline concerned with communication security) · af kriptografie (discipline concerned with communication security) · be крыптагра́фія (discipline concerned with communication security) · ko 암호학 (discipline concerned with communication security) · cs kryptografie (discipline concerned with communication security)