💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Caesar cipher"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| caesar substitutionnoun | The use of the Caesar cipher. |
| rot13noun | A simple Caesar cipher where each letter is replaced by the letter 13 positions beyond it in the alphabet (wrapping at Z to A). |
| atbashnoun | A simple substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of the alphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on. |
| substitution ciphernoun | (cryptography) A method of encryption by which units of plaintext are substituted with ciphertext according to a regular system; the "units" may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters, mixtures of the above, and so forth. The receiver deciphers the text by performing an inverse substitution. |
| julius caesar ciphernoun | Synonym of Caesar cipher. |
| vigenère ciphernoun | A text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword. |
| substitution codenoun | A substitution cipher |
| cyphernoun | A surname from German. |
| athbashnoun | Alternative form of atbash. [A simple substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of the alphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on.] |
| ciphernoun | A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning. |
| playfair ciphernoun | A manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs). |
| theban alphabetnoun | A substitution cipher of the Latin alphabet, used by early modern occultists. |
| characternoun | (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona. |
| beaufort ciphernoun | A substitution cipher similar to the Vigenère cipher, with a slightly modified enciphering mechanism and tableau. |
| baconian ciphernoun | Synonym of Bacon's cipher. |
| streamciphernoun | Alternative form of stream cipher. [(cryptography) a symmetric-key cipher in which plaintext digits are combined with a pseudorandom cipher digit stream] |
| bacon's ciphernoun | A certain method of steganographic message encoding. |
| encodingnoun | A conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient). |
| decoder ringnoun | A device consisting of two concentric rings of letters of the alphabet, one of which can be rotated, so as to encode and decode messages according to a simple substitution cipher. |
| code wordnoun | Alternative form of codeword. [(cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.] |
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