cryptography
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7.4
- noun
- /krɪpˈtɒɡrəfi/
- Specialized
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criptografía
- Cryptography systems are based on mathematical problems so complex they cannot be solved without a key.
- public key cryptography
- key cryptography
The original motivation is to base cryptography on the MP complete problem.
- The original motivation is to base cryptography on the MP complete problem.
- Why not just use cryptography all of the time in use cases like this?
- These are called quantum safe protocols, or sometimes post quantum cryptography.
- Do you think quantum computing will challenge a lot of cryptography?
- But eventually we think that we could migrate the Internet to the post quantum cryptography and then we'd be more or less back where we started.
- That's a if there was only two bits of cryptography in this whole class.
- So quantum sensors, quantum cryptography, quantum networks.
- Big problem, they couldn't pay her enough because she was a woman and cryptography post was for men only.
- OK, SCK is all of the problems for which there is such a proof that doesn't rely on any cryptography, OK.
- And so that's why I believe this is going to have staying power because the math works, the the cryptography works.
Examples
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Keeping numbers secret is a problem of cryptography, a branch of mathematics.
Fiction book (1995) -
The protection of personal information can also be accomplished through the use of privacy-enhancing technologies such as cryptography, firewalls, and screening devices.
Academic text (1999) -
Why not just use cryptography all of the time in use cases like this?
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I always wanted to learn cryptography.
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Are you familiar with cryptography?
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Andrew has carried out extensive research in cryptography and has published more than 40 conference and journal publications.
Blog text (11) -
With so much weak cryptography out there, it's awfully hard to distinguish a good system.
Blog text (11) -
Sophisticated cryptography is as resistant as ever to massive frontal attacks.
Academic text (2005) -
Stanford researchers demonstrate the first step in a scalable quantum cryptography system that could lead to uncrackable telecommunications.
Blog text (19) -
Keeping information safe is the main purpose of cryptography in modern communications.
Synonyms
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8.7
The study of secret codes and how to make or break them
Surface Forms
Morphology
cryptography = crypto + graphy
The word is built from classical combining forms meaning 'hidden' and 'writing', so the sense is partly guessable, but the modern technical meaning is specialized and not fully transparent to an average learner.
Etymology
Cryptography comes from Greek parts crypto- meaning 'hidden' and -graphy meaning 'writing', so it literally means 'hidden writing' and explains why cryptography is the science of making and solving secret messages.