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Turingery

Turingery noun: a manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.

Noun

Turingery (uncountable)

  1. A manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.
    Synonyms:
    Turingismus

Synonyms of Turingery

Origin of Turingery

From Turing + -ery, after its inventor Alan Turing.

Questions about Turingery

What does Turingery mean?
Turingery means a manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.
What part of speech is Turingery?
Turingery is a noun.

Words near Turingery in the dictionary

  1. Turing Tarpit
  2. Turing Tarpits
  3. Turing test
  4. Turing tests
  5. Turing-complete
  6. Turingery
  7. Turingismus
  8. Turins
  9. turio
  10. turion
  11. turiones

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