Vigenère cipher

simple type of polyalphabetic encryption system
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Vigenère cipher

Summary

Vigenère cipher ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,456 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Vigenère cipher is credited with the discovery of Giovan Battista Bellaso[2].
  • Blaise de Vigenère is named after Vigenère cipher[3].
  • Vigenère cipher's subclass of is recorded as polyalphabetic cipher[4].
  • Vigenère cipher's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1553-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Vigenère cipher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j2xs[6].
  • Vigenère cipher's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition[7].
  • Vigenère cipher's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Vigenere-cipher[8].
  • Vigenère cipher's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Vernam-Vigenere-cipher[9].
  • Vigenère cipher's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Vigenère_cipher[10].
  • Vigenère cipher's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780115967[11].
  • Vigenère cipher's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as vigenere-cipher[12].
  • Vigenère cipher's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Chiffre_de_Vigenère[13].

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Works and Contributions

Vigenère cipher is credited with the discovery of Giovan Battista Bellaso[2].

Why It Matters

Vigenère cipher ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,456 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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