cryptographic

adjective

cryp·​to·​graph·​ic ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fik 

: of, relating to, or using cryptography

cryptographically

ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of cryptographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic. —Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2026

Most have not conducted a cryptographic inventory. —Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

Given the rapid quantum progress, physicists say that switching out RSA and ECC for new cryptographic schemes that quantum computers can’t break is essential. —Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026

The company's research team evaluated 60 different tool combinations, including metadata tracking, invisible watermarks and cryptographic signatures. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

crypto(graphy) + -graphic

Note: New Latin cryptographicus was already in use by Erycius Puteanus in 1612 (see note at cryptography), though this early occurrence is unlikely to have been the source of the English word.

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cryptographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic
• mammographic