cipher in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cipher in the English»French Dictionary

I.cipher [Brit ˈsʌɪfə, Am ˈsaɪfər] N

1. cipher (code):

cipher

chiffre m

in cipher

en chiffre, en code

to write a message in cipher

chiffrer or coder un message

2. cipher (nonentity):

cipher

pantin m

3. cipher:

cipher MATH, COMPUT

zéro m

4. cipher (Arabic numeral):

cipher

chiffre m (arabe)

5. cipher (monogram):

cipher

chiffre m

II.cipher [Brit ˈsʌɪfə, Am ˈsaɪfər] VB trans

cipher

chiffrer, coder

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break cipher, code

déchiffrer

Translations for cipher in the French»English Dictionary

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chiffreur (chiffreuse)

cipher clerk

fantoche

cipher Am

le (service du) Chiffre

the cipher room

cipher in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cipher in the English»French Dictionary

cipher N

1. cipher (code):

cipher

chiffre m

in cipher

codé(e)

2. cipher (message):

cipher

message m codé

3. cipher fig:

cipher

nullité f

to be a mere cipher

être un zéro

this gadget is a cipher

ce gadget est nul

cipher code N no pl, no art

cipher code

code m secret

Translations for cipher in the French»English Dictionary

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cryptage COMPUT (système)

cipher

cipher Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in cipher

codé(e)

to be a mere cipher

être un zéro

this gadget is a cipher

ce gadget est nul

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But, few if any ciphers have ever achieved this second condition, so the point is generally a cryptanalysts delight whenever the grille ciphers are used.

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Ciphers work at the level of individual letters, or small groups of letters, or even, in modern ciphers, with individual bits.

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As a student of ciphers, he mentioned among his enthusiasts many eminent gentlemen and great princes.

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He was skilled in ciphers, but indiscreet, and at one time his life seems to have been in danger.

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These ciphers, while also having a very small hardware implementation, have been proven to be very insecure.

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There is no record at that time of any techniques for the solution of simple substitution ciphers.

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In these ciphers, plaintext letters map to more than one ciphertext symbol.

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