Cryptology vs. Cryptography: Understanding the Key Differences 🔐

Students are often confused as to the difference between "cryptology" and "cryptography". To make matters worse, they often hear the term "cryptography" used incorrectly to mean cryptology. Technically speaking, Cryptology is the field that encompasses both Cryptography (code making) and Cryptanalysis (code breaking). However, people outside the field will use the term "cryptography" because "cryptology" just isn't a very well-known word.

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