cipher machine
Encryption encoding apparatus
A cipher machine is a mechanical or electronic device for encrypting and decrypting messages.
The most famous example is the German Enigma machine of World War II, which converted plaintext into coded messages through rotating wheels and electrical circuits.
Modern encryption is handled by software, making physical cipher machines largely historical curiosities.
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- codeSymbolic communication system
- secret messageCovert transmitted information
- encryptionConverting data into code
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
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cipher machineplaintext
Unencoded readable information
clear text · open communication · typewriter · printing press
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