COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
CRYPTOGRAPHY AND ENCRYPTION
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Question
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impersonation
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factorization
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jamming
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cryptology
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spoofing
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Detailed explanation-1: -The study of enciphering and encoding (on the sending end), and deciphering and decoding (on the receiving end) is called cryptography from the Greek (kryptos), or hidden and (graphia), or writing. If you don’t know Greek (and not many of us do) the above letters could be a form of code themselves!
Detailed explanation-2: -Cryptology-Cryptology is the art and science of making and breaking codes. Codebreaker-A codebreaker is a person who solves secret codes and ciphers without the ‘key’. Codemaker-A codemaker is a person who makes new secret codes and ciphers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cryptology – The study of how to make and break secret codes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cryptology is the science of making and breaking secret codes.
Detailed explanation-5: -In cryptology, a code is a method used to encrypt a message that operates at the level of meaning; that is, words or phrases are converted into something else. A code might transform “change” into “CVGDK” or “cocktail lounge".