CRYPTO
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Crypto, from the Greek kryptos, is an English prefix that means "hidden" or "secret".
The term crypto is also employed as shorthand for the following:
- Cryptography, the practice of the use of encryption.
- Cryptology, the study of cryptography and cryptanalysis
- CRYPTO, an annual cryptography conference.
- is a book by Steven Levy about the evolution of cryptography since the turn of the century.
- Crypto AG, a Swiss information security company.
- Cryptosporidiosis, a disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite.
- the codeword CRYPTO is also used to designate cryptographic key material for securing US-government communications involving classified or sensitive information.
- The prefix crypto- is used to refer to many groups which secretly adhere to a doctrine (often religious or political) while attempting to disguise it. For example:
- *Crypto-anarchism
- *Crypto-Calvinism
- *Crypto-Christianity
- *Crypto-fascism
- *Crypto-Judaism
- *Crypto-Muslims
- *Crypto-Paganism
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