Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, noting a fabric formed by the graphic intergrowth of two minerals, but so minute as not to be seen by the unaided eye.
- Written in secret characters or in cipher: as, a cryptographic despatch.
- Designed or contrived for writing in secret characters: as, a cryptographic machine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to
cryptography .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
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Examples
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Freedom to Tinker is reporting that two groups have signifcantly damaged the current leaders in cryptographic hashes.
Boing Boing: August 15, 2004 - August 21, 2004 Archives 2004
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Well, those of you who know anything about cryptography know that it’s not only possible to encipher an informative text with a certain cryptographic key, but to embed information in the key itself.
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His tasking would have continued as a technician assigned to maintain cryptographic machines which form a secure link in the Navy’s communications environment.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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For years, I have said that the easiest way to break a cryptographic product is almost never by breaking the algorithm, that almost invariably there is a programming error that allows you to bypass the mathematics and break the product.
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For years, I have said that the easiest way to break a cryptographic product is almost never by breaking the algorithm, that almost invariably there is a programming error that allows you to bypass the mathematics and break the product.
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Distin as he wrote in a character that might have been called cryptographic, for it would have defied any one but the writer to have made it out.
The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870
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Batman has a device called a cryptographic sequencer, which serves as an electronic puzzle solving tool Rogue's gallery: Several of Batman's most well-known villains appear in Arkham City, including Two-Face... ... and Catwoman, Batman's on-again off-again girlfriend/nemisis How're ya doin', Mr B?
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Tom Hoggins 2011
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On the topic of safely destroying data, what Thibadeau refers to as cryptographic erase, not only can self-encrypting hard drives make the process easier, it can make destroying data faster and also more cost-effective.
unknown title 2009
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At the heart of the system is an algorithm that is used to compute a 128-character number known as a cryptographic hash from the digital information in a particular document.
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At the heart of the system is an algorithm that is used to compute a 128-character number known as a cryptographic hash from the digital information in a particular document.
Educated Guesswork 2009
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