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cryppie

(job, cryptography)

/krip'ee/ A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements software or hardware for cryptography.

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References in periodicals archive

Why cryppies? Why not somebody else, like a boatswain's mate?

As the InSurv inspector came down from the 03-level weather decks, he turned and said, "You know, these lines are pretty nice, especially considering they were made by a bunch of cryppies!" Nothing could have made us happier.

Between the lifelines

Scan Reddick and Ross Eckler succeeded, and three other cryppies found everything but the last mode of encipherment.

Some cryptographic challenges

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