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code system [2 records]

Record 1 1998-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A cryptographic system in which cryptographic equivalents (letters, digits, or both) are substituted for plaintext elements (words, phrases, or sentences).

OBS

Contrast with cipher system. See also cryptographic system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
DEF

Any system of communication in which groups of symbols are used to represent plain text elements of varying lengths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
CONT

Les systèmes à codes consistent à établir pour chacun des correspondants un code, ou dictionnaire, dont chaque mot (ou expression) est muni d'un nombre distinctif, formé généralement par une combinaison du numéro de la page et de celui de la ligne selon un ordre conventionnel

OBS

Ce système, qui fut très largement employé dans les opérations militaires, n'est pas à l'abri des surprises (un code peut tomber aux mains de l'ennemi, d'un espion, etc.).

Spanish

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