English Explanatory Dictionary

Playfair cipher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs).

Word forms

Playfair cipher Playfair ciphers

Etymology

Named after Lord Playfair, who promoted it. (It was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone.)

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