Question

Cryptography is made from the combination of which two words?

1) Cry + photography

2) Kryptos + Graphein

3) Computer Photo

4) Kry+Ptography​​

Answer 1

Answer:

The polyalphabetic cipher was most clearly explained by Leon Battista Alberti around AD 1467, for which he was called the "father of Western cryptology". Johannes Trithemius, in his work Poligraphia, invented the tabula recta, a critical component of the Vigenère cipher.

Answer 2

It is the combination of words Kryptos + Graphein.

• Cryptography is a means of using the co des to safeguard relevant information and effective communications so that only those who are supposed to read and process it may do so.

• The term is formed with combination of two Greek words Kryptos + Graphein which mean -

1. Kryptos - It refers to a hidden secret/vault
2. Graphein - It refers to to write