The science of breaking codes, which is one part of cryptology.
Cryptanalysis
See also
Cryptography, CryptologyThis entry contributed by David Terr
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References
Menezes, A. J.; van Oorschot, P.; and Vanstone, S. A. Handbook of Applied Cryptography. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.Schneier, B Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1996.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Terr, David. "Cryptanalysis." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cryptanalysis.html