English Explanatory Dictionary

Vigenère cipher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword.

Word forms

Vigenère cipher Vigenère ciphers

Etymology

Named after Blaise de Vigenère (who was not, however, the first to invent it).

Related words

Vigenère tableau
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