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Encryption
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Total cards: 8•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
Define cipher
Back (Answer)
Process of crypting or decrypting data
#2
Front (Question)
Define plaintext
Back (Answer)
Data in human readable form
#3
Front (Question)
Define ciphertext
Back (Answer)
Data that has been encrypted
#4
Front (Question)
What is encryption
Back (Answer)
Using an algorithm to convert plaintext to ciphertext so only users with an encryption key have access to it
#5
Front (Question)
What is transportation cipher
Back (Answer)
The letters of the message are transposed or rearranged according to a set pattern to form an anagram
#6
Front (Question)
Why must you to rearrange letters according to a set pattern in transportation cipher
Back (Answer)
To make it possible to decrypt the message
#7
Front (Question)
What is the railfence encryption method
Back (Answer)
The message is split across several lines
#8
Front (Question)
What is the route cipher method
Back (Answer)
Putting a message into a grid