Read the excerpt from "the enigma machine.”
cryptologists looked for cribs, which are repeated expressions in messages. sloppy operators would repeat phrases like "nothing to report" or "weather forecast" (wettervorhersage), which served as clues. if there were no cribs to be found, the british would send out false information about, say, british mines planted in a given area. the germans might then send messages with the name of that area, which would provide clues about deciphering that code.
which is the meaning of the word cryptologists?
a)people who study weapons
b)people who study codes
c)people who study marine life
d)people who study ships

Answer :

Collins English Dictionary defines "cryptology" as "the study of secret codes or ciphers and the devices used to create and decipher them ."

So, a person who studies cryptology is a cryptologist.

B) In the given excerpt from "The Enigma Machine,”  the meaning of the word cryptologists is  people who study codes.

The passage talks about deciphering repeated phrases like "nothing to report" or "weather forecast," sending false information through messages in order to gain more information from the Germans and cracking codes. All this hints that cryptologists are people who study codes.

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b

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