Category:Ciphers
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Articles relating to ciphers, algorithms for performing encryption or decryption. To encipher or encode is to convert information into cipher or code. In common parlance, "cipher" is synonymous with "code", as they are both a set of steps that encrypt a message; however, the concepts are distinct in cryptography, especially classical cryptography.