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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> A means of combining plaintext (of letters or numbers, or bits), using an algorithm that mathematically manipulates the individual elements of ...) |
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A means of combining plaintext (of letters or numbers, or bits), using an algorithm that mathematically manipulates the individual elements of plaintext, into ciphertext, a form unintelligible to any recipient that does not know both the algorithm and a randomizing factor called a cryptographic key