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cryptosystem

American  
[krip-toh-sis-tuhm] / ˈkrɪp toʊˌsɪs təm /
Or crypto system

noun

  1. a system for encoding and decoding secret messages.


Etymology

Origin of cryptosystem

First recorded in 1965–70; crypto- + system


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The cryptosystem designers hadn’t imagined that an attacker would take that approach, so their system was vulnerable to it.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 6, 2018

This project has already released recommendations54 of such confidence-inspiring systems for users who can afford them, such as AES-256, McEliece’s code-based cryptosystem and hash-based signatures.

From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017

Whether the cryptosystem is secure is a different question.

From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017

The same issues arise in cryptography, where we would like to argue that a given cryptosystem is hard to break not merely in the worst case but for most choices of random key.

From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017

A cryptosystem based on a random one is virtually impregnable and hence protects our privacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2013

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