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n. - Act of writing in code or cipher; The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers.

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  • In security terms, he explained, cryptography is classed as a protective counter-measure.
  • He also relates his subsequent work in cryptography with Steve Pohlig (the Pohlig-Hellman system) and others.
  • PyPI package index alone has about 50 'cryptography'-tagged entries.
  • We need password cryptography, not the re-used ones we tend to type ...
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