Cryptology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cryptology \Cryp*tol"o*gy\ (kr?p-t?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. krypto`s
     hidden + -logy.]
     Secret or enigmatical language. --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cryptology
       n : the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers
           and cryptograms [syn: {cryptanalysis}, {cryptanalytics},
           {cryptography}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  cryptology
       
          The study of {cryptography} and {cryptanalysis}.
       
          (1994-12-06)