cryptography

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Pronunciation

• enPR: krĭptŏgʹrəfē, IPA: [kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː], /kɹɪpˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

Noun

cryptography (uncountable)

1. The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne (first use in English):

     We might abate...the strange cryptography of Gaffarell in his Starrie Booke of Heaven.

Related terms

• crypt
• cryptology
• cryptanalysis

Translations

• French: cryptographie
• German: Kryptographie
• Italian: crittografia
• Portuguese: criptografia
• Russian: криптогра́фия
• Spanish: criptografía

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