English noun: cryptography | |||
1. | cryptography (cognition) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms | ||
Synonyms | cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology | ||
Broader (hypernym) | science, scientific discipline | ||
2. | cryptography (act) act of writing in code or cipher | ||
Synonyms | coding, secret writing, steganography | ||
Broader (hypernym) | committal to writing, writing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | decipherment, decoding, decryption, encoding, encryption, recoding | ||