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Vigenère cipher

Vigenère cipher noun: a text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword.

Noun

Vigenère cipher (plural Vigenère ciphers)

  1. A text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword.

Forms of Vigenère cipher

pluralVigenère ciphers

Origin of Vigenère cipher

Named after Blaise de Vigenère (who was not, however, the first to invent it).

Words that rhyme with Vigenère cipher

Questions about Vigenère cipher

What does Vigenère cipher mean?
Vigenère cipher means a text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword.
What part of speech is Vigenère cipher?
Vigenère cipher is a noun.
What is the plural of Vigenère cipher?
The plural of Vigenère cipher is Vigenère ciphers.

Words near Vigenère cipher in the dictionary

  1. vigas
  2. Vigeant
  3. Vigeants
  4. vigenary
  5. vigentennial
  6. Vigenère cipher
  7. Vigenère ciphers
  8. Viger
  9. vigesimal
  10. vigesimally
  11. vigesimals

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