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What does cryptography mean?

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Noun
  1. The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.
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Thanks to cryptography, our government officials have the most secure communications in the world.
Would you trust a cryptographer who didn't know the difference between symmetric and public-key cryptography?
He made major contributions to cryptography and developed a general theory.
There are claims about breakthrough technology and totally new cryptography and the like.
Primes have uses in hashing algorithms and cryptography, among other things.
Learn the basics of network security, including cryptography, security policies, and secure network design.

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