Cryptography

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001446",
  "term": "Cryptography",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "The science of creating and analyzing techniques for secure communication and data protection. It encompasses methods for encryption, which transforms readable data into an unreadable format, and decryption, which reverses the process. Modern cryptography is grounded in mathematical theory and computer science, dealing with aspects like confidentiality, data integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation.",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/cryptography/"
}