Secret adherence to Islam.

Alternative form of cryptosexist

plural of crypto-Jew

The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

The subfield of cryptography in which all information used to encode a message is assumed to be publicly available.

Encrypted text. / (games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.

A form of cryptography which allows users to communicate securely without previously agreeing on a shared secret key (abbreviation PKC)

A person who is an expert on creating codes and cyphers. Someone who studies cryptology.

(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted

(biochemistry) Any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.