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FREQUENCY OCCURRENCE [2 records]

Record 1 2000-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bird Watching (Hobbies)
  • Scientific Research Methods
OBS

It should be noted that although frequency of occurrence and abundance, which are two different ways of measuring rarity, are correlated to some extent, they do not necessarily lead to the same conclusions: a species may be very abundant in a particular square (locally), but have a low frequency of occurrence regionally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Observation des oiseaux (Passe-temps)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Encryption and Decryption
CONT

Simple ciphers such as the three-letter shift favoured by Julius Caesar (so that every plain text "A" is encrypted as a "D") can be solved by examining the letter distribution for frequency of occurrence as well as tendencies to double, form combinations and start or end a word.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre électronique
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
CONT

[...] sont faciles à décrypter en examinant la distribution des lettres : fréquence, voyelles doubles, diphtongues, première et dernière lettre des mots, etc.

Spanish

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