cilly
Meanings
noun
- Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness, whose existence helped the Allies to break the code.
Word forms
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly a pun on silly and the letters CIL used as a cryptographic key.
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