English

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Etymology

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From code +‎ maker.

Noun

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codemaker (plural codemakers)

  1. The creator of a code or cipher.
    • 2015, Gilles Brassard, “Cryptography in a Quantum World”, in arXiv[1]:
      When quantum-mechanical phenomena are taken into account, new vistas open up both for codemakers and codebreakers.