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Cipher

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Any cryptographic system in which arbitrary symbols or groups of symbols, represent units of plain text, or in which units of plain text are rearranged, or both.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Ciphers
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Cipher's
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Ciphers'