cryptology

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
2. (uncountable, usually) The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
3. (uncountable, usually) Secret or enigmatical language.

Synonyms

cryptography

cryptanalysis

cryptanalytics

Translations

Kryptologie

cryptologie

criptología

crittologia

Kryptographie

criptologia

κρυπτολογία

cryptographie

Lehre von der Geheimverschlüsselung

cryptanalyse

لغة سرية

criptoanàlisi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɪpˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/

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.