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That's odd, because as I understand it some degree of comprehension is usually needed in cryptanalysis, as otherwise a false decrypt is hard to discern from plaintext - can you explain? -- The Anome
Hmm, let me think about it..
VERY good question.
I don't think the dead sea scrolls count under 'decipherment'. Conservation, transcription, translation, yes, but there were no particular problems reading the texts, since they were all in well-known script. --MichaelTinkler
I have removed this definition (see text below) from the article, as it appears to be a personal concept, as opposed to a concept that is in general use: (a Google search for "philosophy decipherment" finds pages about the main sense, not this). Could any expert in philosophy correct me (giving a reference) if I'm wrong? -- The Anome
The word decipherment is according to the dictionaries I have access to, just a synonym for "decoding". The article now deals almost exclusively with philological decipherment of unknown scripts/languages. Isn't that a bit like having an article about the "Oceans of the world" and spending the entire article talking about the Atlantic?? I know that Wikipedia isn't supposed to "define common words", but shouldn't the article at least give some form of mention of the fact that the word often means something else? -- Gabbe 12:30 Jan 8, 2003 (UTC)
This page is clearly not a disambiguation article, so where should a link to Decipher, Inc. go? -- IanWatson 23:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:7jmYpJoTv3EJ:www.bluhorizonlines.org/icon/icon6.html+decipherment+-wikipedia+mathemathical+theory&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nasz ( talk • contribs) 11:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC).
Wow, this page doesn't get much traffic.
Anyway, I linked the orphan Combinatorial method (linguistics) here. Not advocating it, but it could probably use some fresh air. kwami ( talk) 05:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
The term is used sardonically in everyday language to describe attempts to read poor handwriting. [1] In genetics, decipherment is the successful attempt to understand DNA, which is viewed metaphorically as a text containing word-like units. [2] Throughout science the term decipherment is synonymous with the understanding of biological and chemical phenomena.
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Onceinawhile ( talk) 14:22, 22 December 2023 (UTC)