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The meaning of CYPHER is chiefly British spelling of cipher.
In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. To encipher or encode is to convert information into cipher or code.
: a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning. secret communications written in cipher. compare code sense 3b. b. : a message in code.
A cypher is a message written in a secret code. Spies during World War II sometimes communicated using cyphers. If you use a cypher to send your friend a message, it may take her a while to figure out what you're trying to tell her.
ci•pher. (ˈsaɪ fər) n. 1. zero. 2. any of the Arabic numerals or figures. 3. a person or thing of no value or importance; nonentity. 4. a. a secret method of writing, as by code. b. writing done by such a method; a coded message. 5. the key to a secret method of writing.
Cipher, any method of transforming a message to conceal its meaning. The term is also used synonymously with ciphertext or cryptogram in reference to the encrypted form of the message. All ciphers involve either transposition or substitution or a combination of these two mathematical operations.
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Examples of cypher. This can be done individually or in groups known as cyphers, where people stand in a circle and take turns rapping. The title character is, by his own account, "a cypher and a blank," completely ignorant of the ways of the world.
a performance by a group of rappers, hip-hop artists, or break dancers who take turns improvising individual verses, dances, etc: The show ended with a freestyle cypher featuring the rappers from the headliner and the two opening acts. an individual verse, dance, etc., that is part of such a performance: She rose to stardom when her cypher that ...
a zero, or a person or thing that has no value or importance: In the hands of a lesser actor, the role could have easily been a cipher. (Definition of cipher from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
