cryptographer
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8.7
- noun
- /ˌkrɪp.təˈɡræf.ər/
- Specialized
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criptógrafo
- In 2009, a cryptographer named Satoshi Nakamoto unleashed a decentralized cryptocurrency on the world.
- cryptographers work
But one, I do love the code Breakers, the cryptographers.
- But one, I do love the code Breakers, the cryptographers.
- And by the way, I'm a cryptographer.
- And I'm thinking no, no, you get a cryptographer and an astrobiologist.
- But superb mathematician and cryptographer kind of person in the background.
Examples
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A skilled cryptographer protected sensitive information by creating complex codes.
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I'm a cryptographer and research professor at Johns Hopkins University.
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By education, an astronomer; by training, a cryptographer; by profession, a technology specialist.
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Europe's best cryptographers tried, and they all failed.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Rossignols were both excellent cryptographers and cryptanalysts.
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In recent times, timing attacks have largely been relegated to use only by cryptographers and cryptanalysts.
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After graduating from high school, Paul joined the army and was sent to Fort Dix for basic training and then to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, where he was trained as a cryptographer.
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In his position as Chief Cryptographer, he has worked on the cryptographic and security issues that arise in the design and construction of authentication schemes, smartcard applications, software protection schemes, and more.
Blog text (11) -
Viega is a well-known security expert and cryptographer and has co-authored several books, including Building Secure Software, Secure Programming Cookbook, Network Security with OpenSSL, and The 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security.
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American cryptographers, in one of the most tightly guarded secrets of the war, had broken many high-level Japanese codes and had intercepted messages giving Yamamoto's travel plans and routes.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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9.6
A person who studies and breaks secret codes
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9.9
A person who decodes secret messages and breaks codes
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4.6
A person, machine, or program that finds the meaning of secret messages
A person who reads and understands secret or hard-to-read writing
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
cryptographer = cryptography (semi-transparent) = crypto + graph + er
Forming an agent noun with -er from 'cryptography' is a standard English pattern.
Etymology
Cryptographer comes from Greek roots: crypt- meaning 'hidden', as in cryptic, and -graph meaning 'writing', as in autograph and photograph. So a cryptographer is someone who makes or reads hidden writing, in other words someone who creates and solves secret codes.