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Decipherment

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decryptionnounThe process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
decodingnounAn instance of the translation of something (usually a message or other text) into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

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decodingnounAn instance of the translation of something (usually a message or other text) into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.
decryptionnounThe process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
cryptologynounThe science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptanalysisnounThe science of analyzing and breaking of codes and ciphers.
diplomaticConcerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
epigraphynounThe study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.
cryptoanalysisnounAlternative spelling of cryptanalysis. [The science of analyzing and breaking of codes and ciphers.]
diplomaticsnounThe science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents.
glossographynounThe writing of glossaries or glosses
cryptolinguisticsnounThe use of linguistic knowledge to identify cryptographic communications in a given language.
xenographynoun(linguistics) The ability to write in a language which the individual has not learned.
cryptologistnounone who studies cryptology
interpretingverb(uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) Synonym of interpretation (the discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another)
chartomancynounDivination by interpreting inscriptions on writing paper.
hieroglyphologynounThe study of hieroglyphics.
biblioticsnounThe study of documents and handwriting in order to verify authorship or authenticity
textual criticismnounA field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.
documentologynounThe study of the recording and retrieval of information.
combinatorial methodnoun(linguistics) A method used to study an unknown language, consisting of archaeological and antiquarian analysis, formal-structural analysis, and content and context analysis.
interpretationnoun(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.

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