Crypto

Crypto

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Crypto or Krypto may refer to:

Cryptography and cryptanalysis

  • Cryptography, the practice and study of hiding information
  • Cryptanalysis, the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information
  • CRYPTO (conference), an annual cryptographical and cryptoanalytic conference
  • Crypto++, a free, open source library of cryptographic algorithms and schemes
  • Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age, a book about cryptography by Steven Levy

Biology and medicine

  • Cryptococcus, a genus of fungus that can cause lung disease, meningitis, and other illnesses in humans and animals
    • Cryptococcosis, also called cryptococcal disease, caused by Cryptococcus
  • Cryptosporidium, a protozoan that can cause gastro-intestinal illness with diarrhoea in humans
    • Cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic intestinal disease in mammals, caused by Cryptosporidium

Fiction

  • Krypto (comics), Superman's pet dog in the popular comic, cartoon, and movie series
  • Kryptonite, a fictional mineral in the Superman series

Games

  • Cryptosporidium (Destroy All Humans!), a protagonist in the Destroy All Humans! video game series
  • Krypto (game), a mathematical strategy card game

See also

  • All pages beginning with "Crypto"
  • All pages beginning with "Krypto"

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