释义 |
cryp·tog·ra·phy \-fē, -fi\ noun (-es) Etymology: New Latin cryptographia, from crypt- + -graphia -graphy 1. : secret writing : cryptic symbolization 2. a. : the art or practice of preparing or reading messages in a form intended to prevent their being read by those not privy to secrets of the form; also : the science of devising methods and means for this — compare cipher 2, code 3 b. : cryptanalysis |