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ADFGVX cipher Enigma Jade cipher machine Purple cipher machine frequency distribution for plaintext and its repeated-key Vigenère cipher DES flow diagram Vigenère table
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Also Known As single-key cryptography • cipher system • cryptosystem

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ADFGVX cipher
Enigma
Jade cipher machine
Purple cipher machine
frequency distribution for plaintext and its repeated-key Vigenère cipher
DES flow diagram
Vigenère table
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Agnes Meyer Driscoll
American cryptologist

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A botanical illustration from the Voynich manuscript, a codex, scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher; end of the 15th or during the 16th century (?).
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