Playfair-cipher Definition

noun

A manual symmetric encryption technique that encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs).

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Origin of Playfair-cipher

  • Named after Lord Playfair, who promoted it. (It was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone.)

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