Jensen Cipher

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What is the Jensen Cipher?

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The Jensen Cipher is a type of substitution cipher that uses a specific method to encode and decode messages.

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What is a cipher?

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A cipher is a method of transforming text to keep its meaning secret.

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What is the purpose of using a cipher?

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The purpose of using a cipher is to protect information by making it unreadable to anyone who does not have the key to decode it.

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What is the Pigpen Cipher?

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The Pigpen Cipher is a simple substitution cipher that uses symbols to represent letters of the alphabet.

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How do you decode a message using the Pigpen Cipher?

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To decode a message using the Pigpen Cipher, you replace each symbol with the corresponding letter from the alphabet.

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What is a substitution cipher?

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A substitution cipher is a method of encoding where each letter in the plaintext is replaced with a letter from a fixed system.

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Can you give an example of a substitution cipher?

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An example of a substitution cipher is the Caesar Cipher, where each letter is shifted a certain number of places down the alphabet.

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What is the key in a cipher?

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The key in a cipher is the piece of information that determines how the message is encoded or decoded.

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What does 'encoding' mean?

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Encoding is the process of converting information into a coded format.

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What does 'decoding' mean?

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Decoding is the process of converting coded information back into its original format.