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cryptanalysis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cryptanalysis has 1 sense
- cryptanalysis(n = noun.cognition) cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology - the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms; Array is a kind of science, scientific discipline
Derived form adjective cryptanalytic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
cryptanalysis, n.
- the science which studies methods to discovering the secret meaning of encrypted messages for which one does not possess the secret decoding information (called the key). [PJC]
- the methods and procedures used to discover the secret meaning hidden in encrypted messages. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cryptanalysis, n. the art or process of deciphering cryptograms by analysis.
Derivative
cryptanalyst n. cryptanalytic adj. cryptanalytical adj.
Etymology
CRYPTO- + ANALYSIS
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