English Explanatory Dictionary

Gronsfeld cipher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A variant of the Vigenère cipher that uses only ten different cipher alphabets, corresponding to the digits 0 to 9.

Word forms

Gronsfeld cipher Gronsfeld ciphers

Etymology

The cipher's invention was attributed by Gaspar Schott to Count Gronsfeld (Josse Maximilaan van Gronsveld né van Bronckhorst).

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