cipher

algorithm for encrypting and decrypting information
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cipher

Summary

cipher ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (843 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cipher's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85026047[2].
  • cipher's subclass of is recorded as algorithm[3].
  • cipher's subclass of is recorded as codec[4].
  • cipher's subclass of is recorded as code[5].
  • cipher's has use is recorded as decryption[6].
  • cipher's has use is recorded as encryption[7].
  • cipher's Commons category is recorded as Ciphers[8].
  • cipher's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 13304[9].
  • cipher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bwypz[10].
  • cipher's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Classical ciphers[11].
  • cipher's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300257427[12].
  • cipher's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • cipher's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • cipher's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • cipher's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • cipher's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • cipher's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • cipher's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/cipher[19].
  • cipher's different from is recorded as Cipher[20].
  • cipher's different from is recorded as encode[21].
  • cipher's properties for this type is recorded as P287[22].
  • cipher's properties for this type is recorded as P577[23].
  • cipher's properties for this type is recorded as P144[24].
  • cipher's YSO ID is recorded as 5477[25].
  • cipher's YSO ID is recorded as 5478[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for cipher include Bill Cipher[27], an animated character[28].

Why It Matters

cipher ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (843 views/month).[1] cipher has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] cipher is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for cipher include Bill Cipher[27], an animated character[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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