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CipherCipher Ci"pher, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciphered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Ciphering.]
To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in
arithmetic.
``T was certain he could write and cipher too.
--Goldsmith. Cipher
Cipher Ci"pher, v. t.
1. To write in occult characters.
His notes he ciphered with Greek characters.
--Hayward.
2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
3. To decipher. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] --Shak.
Cipher
Cipher Ci"pher, a.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
``Twelve cipher bishops.' --Milton.
Meaning of Cipher from wikipedia
- In cryptography, a
cipher (or cypher) is an
algorithm for
performing encryption or decryption—a
series of well-defined
steps that can be
followed as a...
-
theorized a
cipher to
encode and
decode messages to
provide a more
secure way of
military correspondence. The
cipher,
known today as the
Wheel Cipher or the...
- Look up
cipher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
cipher is a
method of
encryption or decryption.
Cipher may also
refer to:
CIPHER (DOS command), an...
- In cryptography, a
Caesar cipher, also
known as Caesar's
cipher, the
shift cipher, Caesar's code, or
Caesar shift, is one of the
simplest and most widely...
-
known until June 1976.
Symmetric key
ciphers are
implemented as
either block ciphers or
stream ciphers. A
block cipher enciphers input in
blocks of plaintext...
- The Vigenère
cipher (French pronunciation: [viʒnɛːʁ]) is a
method of
encrypting alphabetic text
where each
letter of the
plaintext is
encoded with a different...
- In cryptography, a
block cipher mode of
operation is an
algorithm that uses a
block cipher to
provide information security such as
confidentiality or...
- A
cipher suite is a set of
algorithms that help
secure a
network connection.
Suites typically use
Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its
deprecated predecessor...
-
pigpen cipher (alternatively
referred to as the
masonic cipher, Freemason's
cipher,
Rosicrucian cipher,
Napoleon cipher, and tic-tac-toe
cipher) is a geometric...
- cryptography, a
block cipher is a
deterministic algorithm that
operates on fixed-length
groups of bits,
called blocks.
Block ciphers are the
elementary building...
