cryptographic

adjective

cryp·​to·​graph·​ic ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fik 

: of, relating to, or using cryptography

cryptographically

ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of cryptographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The cryptographic keys securing FIDO are bound to the domain name of the service being logged into. —Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025

Performance and scalability: FHE and similar advanced cryptographic techniques are computationally intensive. —Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Administrators should also rotate cryptographic keys and audit authentication tokens. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Quantum encryption scrambles video data using truly random cryptographic keys based on quantum physics. —Yashas Hariprasad, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

crypto(graphy) + -graphic

Note: New Latin cryptographicus was already in use by Erycius Puteanus in 1612 (see note at cryptography), though this early occurrence is unlikely to have been the source of the English word.

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cryptographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic
• mammographic