"Cryptography"
Date Submitted: 04/12/2003 07:00:35
INTRODUCTION
CRYPTOGRAPHY the science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher
cryptography is used everywhere it protects money transfers and credit card numbers used over the internet
but its main purpose is to keep secret documents secure from foreign governments
TERMINOLOGY
CRYPTOGRAPHY the science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher.
PLAINTEXT the original message before encryption or after decryption
CIPHERTEXT The encrypted form of
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of jarbled letters there is a letter frequency which is how many times letters occur in that paragraph
in the normal English language there is a letter frequency, E occurs the most and has a frequency of .127 and T the next with .097
knowing this the letter frequencys can be overlapped for instance in this paragraph if W occurs the most then its most likely E and if F is the next then it is T
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