crypto-
Prefix meaning concealed
Crypto- is a prefix meaning hidden, secret, or concealed.
A cryptogram is a message in secret code.
A crypt is an underground burial chamber.
Cryptic remarks are mysterious or obscure.
Crypto- also designates someone who secretly holds beliefs or identities they don't publicly acknowledge: a crypto-fascist.
In contemporary use, crypto often stands alone as shorthand for cryptocurrency: I lost everything in crypto.
Hidden writing system
- codeSymbolic communication system
- secretConcealed information
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
steganography · covert · clandestine · disguised · veiled · encoded · classified · confidential
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- walletSmall case for currency
- miningExtracting earth's resources
DeFi · NFT · altcoin · token · exchange · ledger · decentralized · Satoshi
Hidden writing system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- RSAPublic-key encryption algorithm
- AESSymmetric encryption standard
- hashChopped mixture, cooked together
key · plaintext · ciphertext · symmetric · asymmetric · public key · private key · Enigma
Inactive but capable
- tardigradeMicroscopic resilient eight-legged animal
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- latentPresent but inactive
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
hibernation · desiccation · fern · moss · lichen · spore-bearing · non-flowering · seedless
cipher
Hidden writing system
obscured · steganography · covert · clandestine · disguised · veiled · encoded · classified · confidential · undisclosed
Bitcoin
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- walletSmall case for currency
mining · DeFi · NFT · altcoin · token · exchange · ledger · decentralized · Satoshi · staking
cipher
Hidden writing system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- RSAPublic-key encryption algorithm
- AESSymmetric encryption standard
hash · key · plaintext · ciphertext · symmetric · asymmetric · public key · private key · Enigma · Turing
dormant
Inactive but capable
- tardigradeMicroscopic resilient eight-legged animal
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- latentPresent but inactive
suspended · hibernation · desiccation · fern · moss · lichen · spore-bearing · non-flowering · seedless · camouflage
crypto-overt
Plainly apparent to all
open · manifest · revealed · public · transparent
crypto-avowed
Openly acknowledged as true
professed · self-declared · out · open · acknowledged
- cryptic messageObscure, puzzling communication
- cryptic crosswordGrid solved through wordplay
- cryptic cluePuzzle hint with misdirection
- crypt keeperGuardian of underground tombs
- cryptic symbolsObscure meaningful marks
- crypts of LieberkühnSecretory pits in gut lining
crypt, cryptic, cryptically, crypts, encrypt, encrypted, encryption, encrypting, decrypt