biliteral
11Egyptian biliteral signs — Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants in the language. In the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant (called uniliteral ),… …
12bacon biliteral cipher — “ noun Usage: capitalized 1st B Etymology: after Francis Bacon, who proposed it : a cipher that hides a message in a cover text by representing the letters of the plaintext by different combinations of two letter forms (as italic and roman) in… …
13Egyptian hieroglyphs — A section of the Papyrus of Ani showing cursive hieroglyphs …
14cryptology — cryptologist, n. cryptologic /krip tl oj ik/, cryptological, adj. /krip tol euh jee/, n. 1. cryptography. 2. the science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography. [1635 45; < NL cryptologia. See CRYPTO , LOGY] * * * Introduction …
15Bacon's cipher — or the Baconian cipher is a method of steganography (a method of hiding a secret message as opposed to a true cipher) devised by Francis Bacon. A message is concealed in the presentation of text, rather than its content.To encode a message, each… …
16Semitic root — The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or radicals (hence also the term consonantal root). Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the… …
17bi|lit|er|al — «by LIHT uhr uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having two letters. 2. using combinations of two letters, especially in cryptography: »a biliteral code, a biliteral cipher. –n. a word, root, or syllable formed of two letters …
18Biliteralism — Bi*lit er*al*ism, n. The property or state of being biliteral. [1913 Webster] …
19Duoliteral — Du o*lit er*al, a. [L. duo two + E. literal.] Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. Stuart. [1913 Webster] || …
20Ancient Egypt — was an ancient civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern nation of Egypt. The civilization began around 3150 BC [Only after 664 BC are dates secure. See Egyptian… …
