Oh my word Cryptic, Encryption, Decryption

Once upon a time cryptic messages were used but in the Internet-era encrypted information is sent so that no one can access it except those who can decrypt it.

Crypt is a tomb, an underground vault in a church which is used as a burial place, a catacomb.

In anatomy, crypt is a cavity in the body.

Cryptal is an adjective meaning pertaining to crypts: pits or cavities in the body.

Cryptic is an adjective meaning something that is mysterious; something having a hidden meaning; something that is represented by a code, or cipher, or cipher; coded, not clear, puzzling, obscure, veiled, ambiguous, enigmatic, perplexing, arcane, abstruse, Delphic.

Variants of cryptic are cryptical (adjective) and cryptically is an adverb

Sonia Gandhi is almost a cryptic political figure.

Crossword puzzles are cryptic but masters of words can solve them.

Cryptics is plural noun referring to a crossword.

Cryptanalysis is the science of breaking the codes, ciphers, hidden meanings but there are some that are decrypted such as the meaning so seals and symbols of Indus Valley Civilization.

Cryptanalyst is a person who can analyze and decode the codes and ciphers: that is cryptanalyst is trained to reveal the hidden meanings. .

Cryptanalyst and de-crypt – crack the meaning of the cryptic code or message.

Other variants are cryptanalytic, cryptanalytics.

Encrypts means to conceal information with codes or cipher; the variants of the verb encrypt are encrypts, encrypting, and encrypted.

Encryption is the process of hiding or concealing or obscuring information deliberately in order to make it unreadable for those it is not intended.

If you want to send a secret message over Internet you can encrypt it.

Encryption or cryptography is the process of hiding information but only decipherable or readable only for the intended person.

One can decrypt the encrypted information with some special knowledge, skills or passwords. Encryption is also applied to electronic signals, hard drive, messages, documents, applications among others as computers and ICT has emerged as a distinct and sought-after science.

The variants of encrypt are encryption encrypted, encrypter.

In computers’ science, an encrypter is an algorithm, or a program, or a device that encrypts something.

That which can decrypt is a decrypter.

The opposite of encrypt is decrypt, encrypter is decrypter, and encryption is decryption.

Decrypt means to convert the encrypted, or the coded text, or messages into plain text or a readable format. The variants of decrypt are decrypts, decrypting, decrypted (verbs).

The world is inundated with cryptic clues to live a contented life but who can decrypt…

Kovuuri G Reddy