cryptographic

adjective

cryp·to·graph·ic ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fik

: of, relating to, or using cryptography

cryptographically

ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē

adverb

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This symbiotic dance between predictive analytics and cryptographic security is rewriting the rules of data integrity, enabling a world where insights are not only discovered but permanently validated and transparently shared. —

Roomy Khan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 In 1994, the applied mathematician Peter Shor was inspired by a recent oracle result (opens a new tab) to develop a fast quantum algorithm for factoring large numbers — a task whose apparent difficulty underlies the cryptographic systems that keep our online data secure. —

Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025 The cryptographic secret never leaves the enclave embedded into the physical key. —

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024 Even as finalists this year emerged for the entirely different cryptographic standard called post-quantum cryptography, QKD has analysts guessing who will emerge victorious as this new field of purely quantum communications comes of age. 7. —

IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cryptographic

Word History

Etymology

crypto(graphy) + -graphic

Note: New Latin cryptographicus was already in use by Erycius Puteanus in 1612 (see note at cryptography), though this early occurrence is unlikely to have been the source of the English word.

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of cryptographic was in 1824

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