Morse Code
Morse code is a system of communication that uses two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, to encode text characters. It was invented by Samuel F.B. Morse in the 1830s and became widely used for telegraphy, the transmission of messages over long distances by electric wires. Morse code can also be transmitted by other means, such as light, sound or radio waves. Morse code is still used today by amateur radio operators, pilots, sailors and some military forces.
"SOS" is an international distress signal, these three letters are not the abbreviation of any word, just because its code "...---..." (three dots, three long, three dots) is the easiest to send out and identify in telegrams code.
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ADFGX Cipher
The ADFGX Cipher is a fractionating transposition cipher which combined a modified Polybius square with a single columnar transposition. It is closely related to the ADFGVX Cipher.
Affine Cipher
Affine Cipher is a type of monoalphabetic substitution cipher. It encrypts a text using an affine function (f(x) = ax + b).
Autokey Cipher
Autokey Cipher is a polyalphabetic substitution cipher. It is closely related to the Vigenere cipher, but uses a different method of generating the key.
Caesar Cipher
Caesar Cipher, also known as Shift Cipher, or Caesar Shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet.