Crypto

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Crypto 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.
• Crypto 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-PaganismTemplate:Disambig