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It is a substitution cipher which works by shifting letters by a number. | It is a substitution cipher which works by shifting letters by a number. | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 15 December 2016
Plain text - The data in human readable form.
Cipher - An encryption method or algorithm.
Key - The data used to encrypt or decrypt the plain text.
Cipher text - The encrypted data which can only be understood if decrypted.
Caesar Cipher:
The creator was Julius Caesar.
It is a substitution cipher which works by shifting letters by a number.
