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Enigma

German cipher machine
Product rotor_machine Q150758
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Summary

Enigma is a rotor machine[1]. Enigma draws 34,358 Wikipedia views per month (rotor machine category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Germany[3]
  • Instance of: cryptologic term[4]
  • Commons category: Enigma machine[5]
  • Has part(s): Enigma plugboard[6]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1918[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Enigma machine[8]
  • Commons gallery: Enigma machine[9]
  • Different from: cryptanalysis of the Enigma[10], Enigma[11]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Enigma include Enigma[12], a film[13], directed by Jeannot Szwarc[14].

Why It Matters

Enigma has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Enigma is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for Enigma include Enigma[12], a film[13], directed by Jeannot Szwarc[14].

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0319629-Enigma-sifrovaci-stroj
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0319629-Enigma-sifrovaci-stroj, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → rotor machine, cryptologic term
    Country → Germany
    Instance of → —
    Different from → cryptanalysis of the Enigma, Enigma
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007291048805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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