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noun

cryptography

the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms

In a sentence

Six example sentences with cryptography, each labelled with its topic.

  • A cryptography team spent nine months on the ransomware key and finally opened the files without paying anything.

    Technology

  • Wartime cryptography turned a quiet country house into the largest employer of mathematicians the government had ever assembled.

    History

  • Investigators leaned on cryptography to read the ledger the fraudsters had scrambled, and the hidden trades became visible.

    Finance

  • Poe's tale of the gold bug turns on amateur cryptography, with a letter-frequency trick readers still try on their own notes.

    Literature

  • The puzzle game's final chapter is pure cryptography, handing players a coded diary and no hint beyond a single vowel.

    Gaming

  • Lawmakers argued over cryptography for a decade, torn between police who wanted a back door and firms who refused to build one.

    Politics

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