Vigenère cipher

noun

Vigenère cipher

noun

Etymology Named after Blaise de Vigenère (who was not, however, the first to invent it).

1

A text encryption technique that uses a series of different Caesar ciphers based on the letters of a keyword.

Related terms
Vigenère tableau

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