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Banburismus

Banburismus noun: a cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.

Noun

Banburismus (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.

Origin of Banburismus

From Banbury, a type of codebreaking sheet named for being printed in the town of that name, + German -ismus (“-ism”); coined by Alan Turing, who invented the process in 1940.

Questions about Banburismus

What does Banburismus mean?
Banburismus means a cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.
What part of speech is Banburismus?
Banburismus is a noun.

Words near Banburismus in the dictionary

  1. Banbar
  2. Banbha
  3. Banbhore
  4. Banbridge
  5. Banburies
  6. Banburismus
  7. Banburist
  8. Banburists
  9. Banbury
  10. Banbury cake
  11. Banbury cakes

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