CODES AND CIPHERS

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cipher

1. A cryptographic system (see cryptography) in which units of plain text of regular length, usually letters, are arbitrarily transposed (see transposition cipher) or substituted (see substitution cipher) according to a predetermined code, or a message written or transmitted in such a system. See also Caesar cipher and Beal ciphers.


2. The mathematical symbol (0) for zero.

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