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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The art of writing or solving codes.
A
Programming
B
Cyberslacking
C
Caligraphy
D
Cryptography
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The art of writing and solving codes and ciphers is called cryptography: breaking them is cryptanalysis. For more than 3, 000 years people have encrypted messages to keep their communications secret. Encryption is still used today, although it’s much more sophisticated from the simple encryption from our past.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cryptography Cryptography is the art of writing or solving codes (en.oxforddictionaries.com).

Detailed explanation-3: -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".

Detailed explanation-4: -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’.

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