cryptology
noun
cryp·tol·o·gy
krip-ˈtä-lə-jē 
: the scientific study of cryptography and cryptanalysis
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Connelly, a former Los Angeles Times police reporter, worked to confirm the cryptology and other aspects of Baber’s investigation.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Connelly, a former Los Angeles Times police reporter, worked to confirm the cryptology and other aspects of Baber’s investigation.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Alan Turing’s Delilah Project During the war, Turing realized that cryptology’s new frontier was going to be the encryption of speech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
Initially working with only two assistants who knew nothing about cryptology, Yardley soon expanded the organization into five distinct subsections, employing more than 150 people.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Connelly, a former Los Angeles Times police reporter, worked to confirm the cryptology and other aspects of Baber’s investigation.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Alan Turing’s Delilah Project During the war, Turing realized that cryptology’s new frontier was going to be the encryption of speech.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
Initially working with only two assistants who knew nothing about cryptology, Yardley soon expanded the organization into five distinct subsections, employing more than 150 people.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Cryptology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptology. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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