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Unicity distance

Amount of ciphertext needed to unambiguously break an encryption system
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Unicity distance

Summary

Unicity distance is a cryptologic term[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (cryptologic_term category, ranking #9 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Unicity distance's instance of is recorded as cryptologic term[3].
  • Unicity distance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jf99[4].
  • Unicity distance's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/unicity-distance[5].
  • Unicity distance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 21495187[6].

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Designation and Status

Unicity distance's instance of is recorded as cryptologic term[3].

Why It Matters

Unicity distance draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (cryptologic_term category, ranking #9 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_unicity-distance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Unicity distance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/unicity-distance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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