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rotor machine

genre of electromechanical encryption devices, used widely from the 1920s to the 1970s
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rotor machine

Summary

rotor machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rotor machine's subclass of is recorded as cipher machine[2].
  • rotor machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bwrg[3].
  • rotor machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rotor machines[4].
  • rotor machine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/rotor-cipher-machine[5].
  • rotor machine's TOPCMB ID is recorded as maquina cifrante[6].

Why It Matters

rotor machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). rotor machine. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rotor-machine
MLA “rotor machine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rotor-machine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rotor-machine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{rotor machine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rotor-machine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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