cipher

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A numeric character.
2. Any text character.
3. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
4. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
5. A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
6. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
7. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods
8. A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
9. (slang) A hip-hop jam session.
10. (slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
11. Someone or something of no importance.
12. Zero.
13. Eggcorn of siphon.

Verb

1. To calculate.
2. To write in code or cipher.
3. Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
4. (obsolete) To decipher.

Konzepte

Chiffre

Ziffer

verschlüsseln

Zahlzeichen

Geheimschrift

chiffrieren

Zahl

Null

Geheimzeichen

Losung

Beleg der eigenen Identität

Geheimwort

PIN-Nummer

Chiffrierungsverfahren

Verschlüsselungsverfahren

numerisches Zeichen

Schlüssel

beziffern

Kennwort

Zeichen

Verschlüsselungssystem

Verschlüsselung

kodieren

Mit Bindestrich als

ci‧pher

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈsaɪfə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

14th century. From Middle English cifre, from Old French cyfre, cyffre (French chiffre), ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty”), from صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to be empty”). Doublet of zero. Sense 8 (a fault in an organ valve) may be a different word.