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cryptography definition

cryp·tog·ra·phy (krip tä′grə fē)

noun

  1. the art of writing or deciphering messages in code
  2. the system used in a code or cipher

Etymology: crypto- + -graphy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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