Encryption
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Encryption
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.