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Caesar cipher

simple and widely known encryption technique
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Caesar cipher
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Caesar cipher

Summary

Caesar cipher ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,803 views/month, #778 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Julius Caesar is named after Caesar cipher[2].
  • Caesar cipher is a type of substitution cipher[3].
  • Caesar cipher's Commons category is recorded as Caesar ciphers[4].
  • Caesar cipher's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[5].

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Definition and Type

Caesar cipher is a type of substitution cipher[3].

Origins

Julius Caesar is named after Caesar cipher[2].

Why It Matters

Caesar cipher ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,803 views/month, #778 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

Julius Caesar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → substitution cipher
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    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 7276, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Caesar_cipher`"
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