Definition of cipher. Meaning of cipher. Synonyms of cipher

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Definition of cipher

Cipher
Cipher Ci"pher, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciphered; p. pr. & vb. n. Ciphering.] To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic. ``T was certain he could write and cipher too. --Goldsmith.
Cipher
Cipher Ci"pher, v. t. 1. To write in occult characters. His notes he ciphered with Greek characters. --Hayward. 2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer. 3. To decipher. [Obs.] --Shak. 4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] --Shak.
Cipher
Cipher Ci"pher, a. Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence. ``Twelve cipher bishops.' --Milton.

Meaning of cipher from wikipedia

- In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a...
- a cipher to encode and decode messages in order to provide a more secure way of military correspondence. The cipher, known today as the Wheel Cipher or...
- Look up cipher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cipher is a method of encryption or decryption. Cipher may also refer to: CIPHER (DOS command), an...
- In cryptography, a Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code, or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely...
- Bacon's cipher or the Baconian cipher is a method of steganographic message encoding devised by Francis Bacon in 1605. A message is concealed in the presentation...
- In cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encrypting in which units of plaintext are replaced with the ciphertext, in a defined manner, with...
- The Vigenère cipher (French pronunciation: [viʒnɛːʁ]) is a method of encrypting alphabetic text where each letter of the plaintext is encoded with a different...
- In cryptography, a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or...
- pigpen cipher (alternatively referred to as the masonic cipher, Freemason's cipher, Rosicrucian cipher, Napoleon cipher, and tic-tac-toe cipher) is a geometric...
- known until June 1976. Symmetric key ciphers are implemented as either block ciphers or stream ciphers. A block cipher enciphers input in blocks of plaintext...