English

Noun

cryptology ‎(usually uncountable, plural cryptologies)

1. The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
2. Secret or enigmatical language.

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Usage notes

An umbrella term for cryptography and cryptanalysis. Cryptology is the study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.

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See also

• cryptography, cryptanalysis, ciphertext, plaintext, cleartext, code, key
• Appendix:Glossary of cryptography