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Noun: cryptography  krip'tóg-ru-fee
  1. The science of analysing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
    - cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology
     
  2. Act of writing in code or cipher
    - coding, secret writing, steganography

Derived forms: cryptographies

Type of: committal to writing, science, scientific discipline, writing

Encyclopedia: Cryptography