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Playfair cipher

Playfair cipher noun: a manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs).

Noun

Playfair cipher (plural Playfair ciphers)

  1. A manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs).

Forms of Playfair cipher

pluralPlayfair ciphers

Origin of Playfair cipher

Named after Lord Playfair, who promoted it. (It was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone.)

Questions about Playfair cipher

What does Playfair cipher mean?
Playfair cipher means a manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs).
What part of speech is Playfair cipher?
Playfair cipher is a noun.
What is the plural of Playfair cipher?
The plural of Playfair cipher is Playfair ciphers.

Words near Playfair cipher in the dictionary

  1. playest
  2. playeth
  3. playette
  4. playettes
  5. Playfair
  6. Playfair cipher
  7. Playfair ciphers
  8. Playfair's axiom
  9. Playfair's axioms
  10. playfairite
  11. playfeer

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