Cipher (disambiguation)
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Cipher can refer to:
- An algorithmCipherIn cryptography, a cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption — a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. In non-technical usage, a “cipher” is the same thing as a “code”; however, the concepts...
for performing encryption, including:- substitution cipherSubstitution cipherIn cryptography, a substitution cipher is a method of encryption by which units of plaintext are replaced with ciphertext according to a regular system; the "units" may be single letters , pairs of letters, triplets of letters, mixtures of the above, and so forth...
s - permutation cipherPermutation cipherIn classical cryptography, a permutation cipher is a transposition cipher in which the key is a permutation.To apply a cipher, a random permutation of size e is generated...
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- substitution cipher
- An English name for the number 0
- Cipher, an evil PokémonPokémonis a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
syndicate, - Cipher (marvel), a Marvel Comics X-Men character.
- Cipher (newuniversal)Cipher (newuniversal)Cipher is a character from the newuniversal imprint of Marvel Comics, and is one of the four initial superhumans created by the White Event in 2006 . newuniversal, designated Earth-555 in the Marvel Comics multiverse, is a re-imagining if the New Universe imprint from the late 1980s...
, a Marvel Comics character in the newuniversal imprint - CipherCipher (album)Cipher is the debut album by The Alpha Conspiracy, released in 2001.Splendid E-Zine's Ron Davies called the album "easily one of the best electronic releases of the past year", and later wrote, "Whereas a great deal of electronic music is best described as icy and repetitive, Sega's compositions...
, an album by The Alpha Conspiracy - CiphersCiphers (album)Ciphers is an ambient music album by SETI which was released in 1996. It is Ysatis and Deupree's last release under the SETI moniker. This album also features trip-hop and jazz influences, as found in their contemporary Futique releases.-Track listing:...
, an album by SETISETI (band)Seti is an ambient electronic band, which is a collaboration of Savvas Ysatis and Taylor Deupree . The duo formed in 1993 in New York.The term S.E.T.I. stands for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence... - The main character in Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan WarAce Combat Zero: The Belkan Waris a semi-realistic flight simulator developed by Namco for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is part of the Ace Combat series of games...
- A word used to refer to zero, the letter "O" or any circle in the doctrine of The Nation of Gods and EarthsThe Nation of Gods and EarthsThe Nation of Gods and Earths, sometimes referred to as NGE or NOGE, the Five-Percent Nation, or the Five Percenters is an American organization founded in 1964 in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, by Clarence 13X, a former student of Malcolm X, who left his mosque...
(also known as The Five Percent nation) - A codename for The Patriots in the video game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
- A "Freestyle rapFreestyle rapFreestyle rap commonly refers to rap lyrics which are improvised through a acapella or with instrumental beats, i.e. performed with no previously composed lyrics, or "off the top of the head"...
session" in which hip-hop artists perform improvised rhyming acts. - Cipher (band)Cipher (band)Cipher is an American hardcore punk, metalcore band that formed in 1996 in Long Beach, New York. Cipher's original line-up consisted of Moe Mitchell , Danny Bobis , Chris Fry and Krys Maniecki .- History :...
, a hardcore punk band - A note that continues to sound in a pipe organPipe organThe pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
when the organist does not intend for it to sound