Playfair cipher

Summary

Playfair cipher ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Playfair cipher is credited with the discovery of Charles Wheatstone^[2].
• Playfair cipher's image is recorded as Playfair Cipher 01 HI to BM (cropped).png^[3].
• Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair is named after Playfair cipher^[4].
• Playfair cipher's subclass of is recorded as substitution cipher^[5].
• Playfair cipher's Commons category is recorded as Playfair^[6].
• Playfair cipher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017dww^[7].
• Playfair cipher's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition^[8].
• Playfair cipher's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Playfair-cipher^[9].
• Playfair cipher's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 191066029^[10].

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Works and Contributions

Playfair cipher is credited with the discovery of Charles Wheatstone^[2].

Why It Matters

Playfair cipher ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[11] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[12]