crypt A crypt (from Latin ''crypta'' "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics. Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a chur ...

is a stone chamber. Crypt may refer also to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Crypt Records Crypt Records is an independent record label founded by American-born Tim Warren in 1983. The label has been headquartered variously in Hamburg, Germany and in several locations in the United States. Crypt is perhaps best known for issuing the ten- ...

, a record label * Crypts, a fictional alien race in '' The Man from Nowhere'', a Dan Dare story * ''The Crypt'' (film), a 2009 horror film * The Crypt, a blog hosted by ''

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and intern ...

Amusement park attractions

The Crypt (Kings Dominion) The Crypt, formerly Tomb Raider: Firefall, was a Suspended Top Spin flat ride located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Manufactured by HUSS Park Attractions, the ride opened to the public on March 19, 2005. An indoor version of the ride w ...

, a HUSS Floorless Top Spin at Kings Dominion amusement park, formerly named ''Tomb Raider: Firefall'' *

The Crypt (Kings Island) The Crypt was an indoor Top Spin (ride)#Variations, Giant Top Spin ride located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Former park owner Paramount Parks collaborated with HUSS Park Attractions to design and manufacture the ride, which opened as on Apri ...

, a HUSS Giant Top Spin formerly located at Kings Island amusement park, originally named ''Tomb Raider: The Ride''

Science and technology

Botany

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Cryptocoryne ''Cryptocoryne'' is a genus of aquatic plants from the family Araceae. The genus is naturally distributed in tropical regions of India, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. The typical habitats of ''Cryptocoryne'' are mostly streams and rivers with n ...

'', a genus of plants colloquially named ''Crypt'' * ''Cryptopus'' (plant), an orchid genus abbreviated ''Crypt''

Computing

Crypt (C) crypt is a POSIX C library function. It is typically used to compute the hash of user account passwords. The function outputs a text string which also encodes the salt (usually the first two characters are the salt itself and the rest is the ha ...

, a standard library function in C *

Crypt (Unix) In Unix computing, crypt or enigma is a utility program used for encryption. Due to the ease of breaking it, it is considered to be obsolete. The program is usually used as a filter, and it has traditionally been implemented using a "rotor ma ...

, a cryptographic utility program in Unix

Medicine

* Crypt (anatomy), a type of anatomical structure *

Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism, also known as undescended testis, is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. The word is from Greek () 'hidden' and () 'testicle'. It is the most common birth defect of the male genital tract. About 3% of ...

, the absence of one or both testes from the scrotum * Crypts of Lieberkühn, anatomical crypts that occur in the intestinal tract

Other uses

The Crypt School The Crypt School is a grammar school with academy status for boys and girls located in the city of Gloucester. Founded in the 16th century, it was originally an all-boys school, but it made its sixth form co-educational in the 1980s, and moved ...

a Grammar School in Gloucester, England