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MacGuffin

Summary

MacGuffin is a block cipher[1]. MacGuffin draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (block_cipher category, ranking #17 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • MacGuffin's image is recorded as MacGuffinDiagram.png[3].
  • MacGuffin's instance of is recorded as block cipher[4].
  • MacGuffin's based on is recorded as Data Encryption Standard[5].
  • MacGuffin's designed by is recorded as Bruce Schneier[6].
  • MacGuffin's designed by is recorded as Matt Blaze[7].
  • MacGuffin's publication date is recorded as +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • MacGuffin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/035jr_[9].

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Designation and Status

MacGuffin's instance of is recorded as block cipher[4].

Why It Matters

MacGuffin draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (block_cipher category, ranking #17 of 29).[2] MacGuffin has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

Bruce Schneier Matt Blaze

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). MacGuffin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/macguffin-q11127451
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_macguffin-q11127451_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{MacGuffin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/macguffin-q11127451}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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