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Playfair ciphers

Playfair ciphers is the plural of Playfair cipher.

Meaning of Playfair cipher

Noun

Playfair cipher (plural Playfair ciphers)

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

Questions about Playfair ciphers

What is Playfair ciphers the plural of?
Playfair ciphers is the plural of Playfair cipher.

Words near Playfair ciphers in the dictionary

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

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