cryptology
noun
cryp·tol·o·gy krip-ˈtä-lə-jē 
: the scientific study of cryptography and cryptanalysis
cryptological
ˌkrip-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
adjective or cryptologic
ˌkrip-tə-ˈlä-jik
cryptologist
krip-ˈtä-lə-jist
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In our own time, Renaissance scholarship helped inspire World War II code breaking, while military cryptology techniques were in turn adapted as tools of literary analysis. 
New York Times, 7 July 2022 The company is also producing films on subjects including cryptology, Congress and the unfolding defamation case brought by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, the actress Amber Heard. New York Times, 10 May 2022 It’s fundamental to primality testing methods, and all the cryptology that goes with that. Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 28 Jan. 2022 Children explore important historical developments in cryptology approaches and technologies like the Navajo Code Talkers and the WAVES program. Kara Dawson, The Conversation, 14 Dec. 2021 For the next two months in this unlikely boot camp, the CIA agents went through the barrage of tests and trained the recruits in cryptology, radio operation, outdoor survival and demolition techniques. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021 Innovations like quantum cryptology not only offer possible solutions to these security concerns but also increase the demand for data center processing and storage. Danny Hayes, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021 But what quantum computing can potentially do is key for research, and holds promise in other fields like cryptology and finance, because of its power. Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2021 Maximator’s history is a fine illustration of the layers of chicanery involved in good cryptology. The Economist, 26 May 2020 See More
New York Times, 7 July 2022 The company is also producing films on subjects including cryptology, Congress and the unfolding defamation case brought by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, the actress Amber Heard. New York Times, 10 May 2022 It’s fundamental to primality testing methods, and all the cryptology that goes with that. Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 28 Jan. 2022 Children explore important historical developments in cryptology approaches and technologies like the Navajo Code Talkers and the WAVES program. Kara Dawson, The Conversation, 14 Dec. 2021 For the next two months in this unlikely boot camp, the CIA agents went through the barrage of tests and trained the recruits in cryptology, radio operation, outdoor survival and demolition techniques. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021 Innovations like quantum cryptology not only offer possible solutions to these security concerns but also increase the demand for data center processing and storage. Danny Hayes, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021 But what quantum computing can potentially do is key for research, and holds promise in other fields like cryptology and finance, because of its power. Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2021 Maximator’s history is a fine illustration of the layers of chicanery involved in good cryptology. The Economist, 26 May 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
crypto- + -logy
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above