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The term cryptography comes from the two Greek words: kryptós (hidden, secret) and gráphein (to write). In this way, cryptography may be understood as a method of writing in a secret way. More precisely, it is the art of transforming written information from its original or standard form to one that cannot be understood unless one knows a secret key.
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(2006). Cryptography and Function Fields. In: Topics in the Theory of Algebraic Function Fields. Mathematics: Theory & Applications. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-8176-4515-2_10
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