cryptanalysis
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- noun
- /ˌkrɪptəˈnæləsɪs/
- Specialized
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criptanálisis
- After a couple of years of training in cryptanalysis under Friedman, Rowlett and two colleagues began attacking Japanese diplomatic cryptosystems, mainly because diplomatic intercepts were available and Japanese army intercepts were not.
Examples
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By using cryptanalysis to discover Hitler's plans for an August 1944 counterattack in Normandy, Allied intelligence helped block it and destroy half of two German armies around the French town of Falaise.
Academic text (2006) -
In cryptanalysis, you are initially presented with an unknown problem; thus, you first have to "know the system."
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In cryptanalysis, you are initially presented with an unknown problem; thus, you first have to "know the system."
Blog text (7) -
On the western front, a brilliant young French army officer pushed cryptanalysis to the limit to break the field cipher that Germany had introduced in March 1918 for use in planning what Berlin hoped would be a war-winning offensive.
Academic text (2006) -
Cryptanalysis has decoded the intel from my source.
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After a couple of years of training in cryptanalysis under Friedman, Rowlett and two colleagues began attacking Japanese diplomatic cryptosystems, mainly because diplomatic intercepts were available and Japanese army intercepts were not.
Synonyms
The study of finding and reading secret codes
Compounds
Using force to make someone give secret passwords or keys for computer systems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cryptanalysis comes from the Greek parts crypto- 'hidden' and analysis 'to break apart', so it means studying how to find and break hidden messages or codes.