Cryptography

Definition

Cryptography refers to techniques used for secure communication in the presence of adversaries. It involves encoding information in such a way that only authorized parties can understand it.

Related terms

Encryption:

The process of converting plain text into cipher text using algorithms and keys.

Decryption: The reverse process of encryption, converting cipher text back into plain text using specific keys.

Hashing: A technique that converts data into a fixed-size string of characters, making it difficult to reverse-engineer the original data.