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cryptology

The science of developing secret codes and/or the use of those codes in encryption systems. See cryptography.


cryptology [krip′täl·ə·jē]
(communications)
The science of preparing messages in forms which are intended to be unintelligible to those not privy to the secrets of the form, and of deciphering such messages.

cryptology - The study of cryptography and cryptanalysis.


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Code's protagonists, symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) and police cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), scramble over a lot of geography while unscrambling puzzles and unmasking villains, all the while hunted by the police for murders they didn't commit.
The action revolves around Langdon and a French cryptologist, the murder victim's granddaughter, Sophie Neveu.
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