cryptography

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Certicom specializes in what is called elliptic curve cryptography, which is used to encrypt electronic data.

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  1. noun The process or skill of communicating in or deciphering secret writings or ciphers.
  2. noun Secret writing.

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  • Funerary cryptography was a way to steal a prayer from passing strangers. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • The NSA also seeks to control dissemination of information about cryptography, and to control and shape the flow and direction of civilian scientific research in the field. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • Most scientific journals have at least a few foreign subscribers, so an exclusively "domestic" publication about cryptography is also practically impossible. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • This authentication power is a crucial aspect of the new cryptography, and may prove to be more socially important than secrecy. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • Or will the NSA and its allies in the cryptographic status-quo somehow succeed in stopping the march of scientific progress in cryptography, and in cramming the commercial crypto-genie back into the bottle? —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
 

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  1. from Greek κρυπτός, hidden, secret, + γραφία, from γράφειν, write.
 

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/krɪpˈtɑgrəfi/
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