cryptology

Meanings

• noun

  The study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties.

• noun

  The practice and study of hiding information and protecting it from unauthorized access.

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Variants

List of all variants of cryptology that leads to same result
cryptologic , cryptological , cryptologies , cryptologist , cryptologists , cryptology

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From the Greek word 'kryptos' meaning hidden, and 'logos' meaning study.

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Trivia

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1. The first known use of cryptology dates back to ancient Egypt around 1900 BC.

2. The famous Enigma machine used by the Germans during World War II was a type of encrypting machine.

3. The longest known prime number, discovered in 2013, is named RSA-768 after Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, the creators of RSA encryption.

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Related Concepts

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1. Cryptography: A subfield of cryptology that deals with creating and deciphering codes.

2. Steganography: A related field to cryptology that deals with hiding information within other data.

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Culture

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Cryptology has been used throughout history for various purposes such as military communication, personal privacy, and even art. In literature, cryptology has been featured in many works, including Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code'. In music, there are songs with the title 'Cryptology'.

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Cryptography is the study of keeping secrets, while Cryptology is the practice of creating them.' to remember the difference between cryptography and cryptology.

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