polyalphabetic cipher
1Polyalphabetic cipher — A polyalphabetic cipher is any cipher based on substitution, using multiple substitution alphabets. The Vigenère cipher is probably the best known example of a polyalphabetic cipher, though it is a simplified special case. The Enigma machine is… …
2Cipher — For other uses, see Cipher (disambiguation). Edward Larsson s rune cipher resembling that found on the Kensington Runestone. Also includes runically unrelated blackletter writing style and pigpen cipher. In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is… …
3Cipher disk — The Union Cipher Disk from the American Civil War was 3.75 inches (95 mm) in diameter and made of light yellow heavy card stock. It consisted of two concentric disks of unequal size revolving on a central pivot. The disks were divided along their …
4polyalphabetic substitution — /pol ee al feuh bet ik, pol ee /, Cryptography. a system of substitution that mixes together a number of cipher alphabets in a cryptogram so that each plaintext letter is represented by a cipher that repeatedly changes. Cf. monoalphabetic… …
5polyalphabetic substitution — /pol ee al feuh bet ik, pol ee /, Cryptography. a system of substitution that mixes together a number of cipher alphabets in a cryptogram so that each plaintext letter is represented by a cipher that repeatedly changes. Cf. monoalphabetic… …
6polyalphabetic — adjective Describing a substitution cipher in which plaintext letters in different positions are enciphered using different cryptoalphabets …
7Substitution cipher — In cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encryption by which units of plaintext are replaced with ciphertext according to a regular system; the units may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters,… …
8Vigenère cipher — The Vigenère cipher is a method of encrypting alphabetic text by using a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword. It is a simple form of polyalphabetic substitution.The Vigenère (pronEng|ˌviːdʒɪˈnɛəɹ, veedj ih nair )… …
9Alberti cipher — The Alberti Cipher was one of the first polyalphabetic ciphers. Leon Battista Alberti Created in the 15th century (1466/67) by Leon Battista Alberti, it was the peak of cryptography at that time.Its inventor was Leon Battista Alberti, an… …
10Classical cipher — A cipher is a means of concealing a message, where letters of the message are substituted or transposed for other letters, letter pairs, and sometimes for many letters. In cryptography, a classical cipher is a type of cipher that was used… …
