cryptology
nounid
2117·updated May 9, 2026verified
The science that deals with hidden, disguised, or encrypted communications. It includes communications security and communications intelligence.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Capability80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- cryptography
- alternatephrasing
- Cryptology
- plural
- cryptologies
- possessive
- cryptology's
- pluralpossessive
- cryptologies'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- The mathematical science that deals with cryptanalysis and cryptography.
- §1
- The science that deals with hidden, disguised, or encrypted communications. It includes communications security and communications intelligence.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- The mathematical science that deals with cryptanalysis and cryptography.
- §1
- The mathematical science that deals with cryptanalysis and cryptography.
- §1
- The science that deals with hidden, disguised, or encrypted communications. It includes communications security and communications intelligence.
- §1
- the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The science that deals with hidden, disguised, or encrypted communications. It includes communications security and communications intelligence.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
- related
- →Cryptographynoun
- →cryptanalysisnoun
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
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