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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krip tol′ə jē)

cryp•tol•o•gy (krip tol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n.

Cryptographycryptography.
Cryptographythe science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography.

Neo-Latin cryptologia. See crypto-, -logy
1635–45;

cryp•tol′o•gist, n.

cryp•tog•ra•phy (krip tog′rə fē),USA pronunciation n.

Cryptographythe science or study of the techniques of secret writing, esp. code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Cf. cryptanalysis (def. 2).
Cryptographythe procedures, processes, methods, etc., of making and using secret writing, as codes or ciphers.
Cryptographyanything written in a secret code, cipher, or the like.

1635–45; crypto- + -graphy

cryp•tog′ra•pher, cryp•tog′ra•phist, n.
cryp′to•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.

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cryptography /krɪpˈtɒɡrəfɪ/, cryptology /krɪpˈtɒlədʒɪ/ n

the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis

crypˈtographer, crypˈtographist, crypˈtologist n cryptographic /ˌkrɪptəˈɡræfɪk/, ˌcryptoˈgraphical, cryptologic /ˌkrɪptəˈlɒdʒɪk/, ˌcryptoˈlogical adj ˌcryptoˈgraphically adv

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