cryptology
noun
cryp·tol·o·gy
krip-ˈtä-lə-jē 
: the scientific study of cryptography and cryptanalysis
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Commercial sources of the development of cryptology have largely been ignored.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2024
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
Tarrance served in the Air Force and Navy and was trained in cryptology.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2024
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
Tarrance served in the Air Force and Navy and was trained in cryptology.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Cryptology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptology. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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