Cryptographer

/krɪpˈtɑɡrəfər/

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JXYI YI Q IUSHUJ CUIIQWU. If you can decode what that sentence means, you might want to pursue a career as a cryptographer! A cryptographer is someone who makes or breaks coded messages.

The earliest cryptographers created codes that made messages unreadable to anyone without the key for solving them. These keys, called ciphers, might substitute numbers for letters or switch the alphabet around. Today, cryptographers mainly work to encrypt computer data. Do you shop online without worrying about your credit card number being stolen? Thank a cryptographer!

Definitions of cryptographer

noun
decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms

synonyms: cryptanalyst, cryptologist

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type of:
decipherer, decoder
the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

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