What is another word for Ciphering?

Pronunciation: [sˈa͡ɪfəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Ciphering is an old term for encoding, decoding, or calculating. There are several synonyms for ciphering such as encryption, cryptology, ciphers, encrypting, and deciphering. Encryption is the process of converting data into a secret code, and decryption is the process of decoding the encrypted code. Cryptology is the study of codes and ciphers. Ciphers are an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption. Encrypting is the act of converting plain text into an encoded message, and deciphering is the act of converting an encoded message back into plain text. Regardless of what you call it, ciphering is an important method for keeping information safe.

What are the hypernyms for Ciphering?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Ciphering

In the last I was quite an adept, for our village teacher was rather clever at "Ciphering," and took great pride in proving his accomplishment, by communicating what he knew to his pupils.
"The Boy Tar"
Mayne Reid
It was not that Don Gervaso was a man of superior acquirements: in writing, Ciphering and the rudiments of Latin he seemed little likely to carry Odo farther than the other; but in religious instruction he suffered no negligence or inattention.
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton
He had perhaps been living a little beyond his means, but as to the school, he had rather refined tastes, and he longed to teach his children something more than the Ciphering, as it was called, and bookkeeping which they would have learned at the academy at which men in his position usually educated their boys; and as to the seaside, his wife was ill, and he could not bear to see her suffering in the smoky street, when he knew that a little fresh air and change of scene would restore her.
"The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford"
Mark Rutherford

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