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He is not a cypher, not one of a million pensioners, but an individual who has a special claim on the community. From the. Hansard archive. If, on the other hand, the taxpayer pays too much, the local authorities become mere cyphers under the dictatorship of bureaucracy. From the.
In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. To encipher or encode is to convert information into cipher or code.
cipher noun (SECRET LANGUAGE) Add to word list. Add to word list. [ C or U ] (also cypher) a system of writing that prevents most people from understanding the message: The message was written in cipher. Synonym. code (COMMUNICATION SYSTEM) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The Atbash Cipher is a really simple substitution cipher that is sometimes called mirror code. It is believed to be the first cipher ever used. To use Atbash, you simply reverse the alphabet, so A becomes Z, B becomes Y and so on. Atbash Cipher Tool.
The meaning of CYPHER is chiefly British spelling of cipher.
A cypher is a message written in a secret code. Spies during World War II sometimes communicated using cyphers . If you use a cypher to send your friend a message, it may take her a while to figure out what you're trying to tell her.
cipher, any method of transforming a message to conceal its meaning. The term is also used synonymously with ciphertext or cryptogram in reference to the encrypted form of the message. A brief treatment of ciphers follows. For full treatment, see cryptology.
noun. Chiefly British. a variant of cipher. Also cipher. a performance by a group of rappers, hip-hop artists, or break dancers who take turns improvising individual verses, dances, etc: The show ended with a freestyle cypher featuring the rappers from the headliner and the two opening acts.
Definition of cypher noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ci•pher. (ˈsaɪ fər) n. 1. zero. 2. any of the Arabic numerals or figures. 3. a person or thing of no value or importance; nonentity. 4. a. a secret method of writing, as by code. b. writing done by such a method; a coded message. 5. the key to a secret method of writing.
