TERMIUM Plus®

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Record 1 2018-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
DEF

A substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
DEF

Chiffrement par substitution monoalphabétique obtenu en décalant chaque lettre du texte en clair d'un nombre déterminé de positions dans l'alphabet.

Spanish

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