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CARRE POLYBE [1 record]

Record 1 2018-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
DEF

... a device ... for fractionating plaintext characters so that they can be represented by a smaller set of symbols.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
CONT

Le carré de Polybe consiste à remplacer chaque lettre par les coordonnées de sa position dans une grille, souvent carrée [...] Pour indiquer une lettre, on doit indiquer dans quelle colonne elle se trouve, puis dans quelle ligne. On obtient un couple de points qui indique la case dans laquelle la lettre est rangée.

Spanish

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