Crypto commonly refers to:
- Cryptography, the practice and study of hiding information
- Cryptocurrency, a type of digital currency based on cryptography
The primary meaning of the term is controversial, culminating in the crypto naming controversy.
Crypto or krypto may also refer to:
Cryptography
- Cryptanalysis, the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information
- CRYPTO, an annual cryptography conference
- Crypto++, a cryptography software library
- Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age, a cryptography book by Steven Levy
- Crypto AG, a Swiss manufacturer of encrypted communications products
Finance
- Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency exchange
Biology and medicine
- Cryptococcus (fungus), a genus of fungus that can cause lung disease, meningitis, and other illnesses in humans and animals
- Cryptococcosis (also called cryptococcal disease), a disease caused by Cryptococcus
- Cryptosporidium, a protozoan that can cause-intestinal illness with diarrhea in humans
- Cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic intestinal disease in mammals caused by Cryptosporidium
Fiction
- Crypto (film), a 2019 American crime drama thriller film
- Krypto, a dog in the popular comic, cartoon, and movie series
- Krypto the Superdog, an animated series featuring Krypto
Games
- Cryptosporidium (Destroy All Humans!), a protagonist in the Destroy All Humans! video game series
- Krypto (game), a mathematical strategy card game
- Crypto, a character in the video game Apex Legends
See also
- Crypto Wars, governmental attempts to limit access to strong cryptography
- List of cryptocurrencies
- Cripto, a protein-coding gene in Homo sapiens, appearing in embryo development and in cancer
- All pages with titles beginning with Crypto
- All pages with titles beginning with Krypto
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