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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