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'''Plain text''' - The data in human readable form.
 
'''Plain text''' - The data in human readable form.
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'''Cipher''' - An encryption method or algorithm.
 
'''Cipher''' - An encryption method or algorithm.
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'''Key''' - The data used to encrypt or decrypt the plain text.
 
'''Key''' - The data used to encrypt or decrypt the plain text.
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'''Cipher text''' - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.
 
'''Cipher text''' - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.
  

Revision as of 13:07, 15 December 2016

Encryption

Plain text - The data in human readable form.

Cipher - An encryption method or algorithm.

Key - The data used to encrypt or decrypt the plain text.

Cipher text - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.

Caesar Cipher: The creator was Julius Caesar.

It is a substitution cipher which works by shifting letters by a number.