decipherers
Those who decode
Decipherers are people who decode or interpret obscure, hidden, or difficult-to-read material.
The term applies to those who crack codes, read ancient scripts, or make sense of illegible handwriting: The decipherers of the Rosetta Stone unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphics.
More loosely, anyone who figures out something puzzling: decipherers of corporate jargon.
Study of breaking ciphers
- EnigmaGerman encryption apparatus
- BletchleyWWII cryptanalysis site
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- cryptologistExpert in hidden messages
Turing · codebreaker · cryptographer · Navajo · Rosenberg · Ultra · substitution · plaintext
Coded message puzzle
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- brainteaserPuzzle demanding clever thought
- crosswordClue-based letter grid
Private investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- clueSolving aid
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
whodunit · Sherlock · evidence · pattern · motive · suspect · unraveling · discovery
One who renders between languages
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- philologistScholar of language history
- etymologistWord origin scholar
semantics · lexicographer · contextual · nuance · idiom · meaning · comprehension · bilingual
Symbolic picture-based writing
- RosettaTrilingual Egyptian artifact
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- epigrapherAncient carving interpreter
- inscriptionText permanently marked
pictograph · glyph · Maya · ideogram · paleographer · script · tablet · seal
cryptanalysis
Study of breaking ciphers
- EnigmaGerman encryption apparatus
- BletchleyWWII cryptanalysis site
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
Turing · cryptologist · codebreaker · cryptographer · Navajo · Rosenberg · Ultra · substitution · plaintext · key
cryptogram
Coded message puzzle
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- brainteaserPuzzle demanding clever thought
sleuth
Private investigator
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- clueSolving aid
mystery · whodunit · Sherlock · evidence · pattern · motive · suspect · unraveling · discovery · revelation
translator
One who renders between languages
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- philologistScholar of language history
etymologist · semantics · lexicographer · contextual · nuance · idiom · meaning · comprehension · bilingual · localization
hieroglyphics
Symbolic picture-based writing
- RosettaTrilingual Egyptian artifact
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- epigrapherAncient carving interpreter
inscription · pictograph · glyph · Maya · ideogram · paleographer · script · tablet · seal · manuscript
decipherersencoders
Signal-to-code converters
encrypters · coders · encryptors · cryptographers · scramblers
decipherersobfuscators
Those who obscure meaning
concealers · mystifiers · confusers · muddlers · bafflers