cryptology

Etymology
, from +.

Noun

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

Usage notes
An umbrella term for cryptography and cryptanalysis.

Derived terms

 * cryptologic
 * cryptologically

Translations

 * Finnish:, salakirjoitustiede


 * Bulgarian: криптология
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 * Finnish:, salakirjoitustaito
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 * Georgian: კრიპტოლოგია
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 * Icelandic: dulmálsfræði
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 * Japanese: 暗号学
 * Khmer: រហស្សវិទ្យា
 * Lithuanian: kriptologija
 * Malay: kriptologi
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 * Portuguese: criptologia
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 * Spanish: criptología
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