cryptography
Pronunciation: [kɹ̥ɪpˈtʰɒɡɹəfiː]
The English word “cryptography” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- 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.
Etymology
From crypto- + -graphy.
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