Decipherment is the analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.

It is closely related to cryptanalysis — the difference being that the original document was not deliberately written to be difficult to decipher.

The term has also been used to describe the analysis of the genetic code information encoded in DNA - see the Human Genome Project article for more on this.

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Having an insane amount of fun trying to decipher Cook's new tat.
almost_maybe (Giselle) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:35:34 -0000
Having an insane amount of fun trying to decipher Cook's new tat.
"Pauly did not know the code to decipher the bomb."
grahamfunke (graham funke) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:49:13 -0000
"Pauly did not know the code to decipher the bomb."
@fistu If truth be told, I don't know Dutch from Flemish, but I can decipher a wee bit of Deutch // I must stick to English 
tawandah (deb) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:47:10 -0000
@fistu If truth be told, I don't know Dutch from Flemish, but I can decipher a wee bit of Deutch // I must stick to English 
@tawandah Thanks for the Surinam new-year's wish (not quite Dutch as we know it, but I managed to decipher it nonetheless :-)
fistu (fistu) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:40:29 -0000
@tawandah Thanks for the Surinam new-year's wish (not quite Dutch as we know it, but I managed to decipher it nonetheless :-)
@whoistalerb Enjoy them while you can....you have to decipher if its simply lusting. A want can be replaced by another want..the mind moves.
ShMEezieBread (Muffin) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:22:47 -0000
@whoistalerb Enjoy them while you can....you have to decipher if its simply lusting. A want can be replaced by another want..the mind moves.
@R_E_A_L_1 LOL! oh.. I can NEVER decipher flirting.. *cdfu*
DecoiJones (Decoi Jones) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:18:43 -0000
@R_E_A_L_1 LOL! oh.. I can NEVER decipher flirting.. *cdfu*

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