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Cryptography

The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

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Decipherment 76% connected

The act of deciphering.

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encryption 76% connected

A way of scrambling information so only authorised people can read it.

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Science 76% connected

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Cryptographer 74% connected

One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.

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Cryptographer 74% connected

One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.

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Cryptographical 74% connected

Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.

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Cryptographical 74% connected

Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.

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Cryptology 92% connected

Secret or enigmatical language.

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Steganography 92% connected

The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.

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