User:Bobbylow/Cryptography
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Cryptography (from the Greek word “hidden, secret” and “I write”) [1] is the practice and study of hiding information. Until recently, cryptography only referred to encryption, which is the process of converting ordinary information into gibberish only known to the person who did the encryption while decryption is the opposite, meaning to move the gibberish into known language once again. Nowadays, cryptography has expanded onto a whole mass thanks to the evolution of technology and time. Cryptography is unique in that it branches towards mathematics and computer science while being closely affiliated with information theory, computer security and engineering. In regards to its connections, cryptography was originally concerned with linguistic patterns, which is making use of communications and manipulating them in whatever way possible. Since then, mathematics has been the chief focus with aspects of information theory, computational complexity, statistics, and number theory. However, engineering also plays a part in determining other branches of cryptography in that it deals with active, intelligent and malevolent opposition while other engineering aspects only deal with neutral natural forces. Also, cryptography may relate to physics in that research is being done to see the similarities between cryptographic problems and quantum physics #1 #2 #3 #8
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