Turingery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.

Word forms

Turingery

Etymology

From Turing + -ery, after its inventor Alan Turing.

Synonyms

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