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Record 1 1995-02-21

English

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

Ciphering - a form of cryptography that involves transposing the original letters of a message, substituting them with other letters, or transposing and substituting in combination - lies somewhere between these two extremes: a key must be used to decrypt the message but it is often possible to determine what the key is by examining the enciphered message.

French

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

Le chiffrement est une forme de cryptographie qui consiste à transposer (transposition) les lettres d'un texte clair ou à leur substituer d'autres lettres (ou les deux).

Spanish

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