cryptography

cryp·tog·ra·phy

noun \krip-ˈtä-grə-fē\

Definition of CRYPTOGRAPHY

1

: secret writing

2

: the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher; also : the computerized encoding and decoding of information

3

: cryptanalysis

Examples of CRYPTOGRAPHY

1. Companies often use cryptography to protect private information.

Origin of CRYPTOGRAPHY

New Latin cryptographia, from crypt- + -graphia -graphy

First Known Use: 1658

Rhymes with CRYPTOGRAPHY

autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, orthography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography