Encryption

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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.