cryptology

== English == === Etymology === From crypto- +‎ -logy, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”); originally after Latin cryptologia, which is apparently first recorded in an English context. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kɹɪpˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ (US) IPA(key): /kɹɪpˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi === Noun === cryptology (usually uncountable, plural cryptologies) The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories. Meronyms: cryptography, cryptanalysis; encoding, decoding; encrypting, decrypting, decyphering The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them. Near-synonyms: cryptanalysis, decoding, decrypting, decyphering Secret or enigmatical language. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cryptography, cryptanalysis, ciphertext, plaintext, cleartext, code, key Appendix:Glossary of cryptography === References ===