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cipher definition - telecom
A system of secret writing based on a set of rules for encrypting or encoding data, converting plain text into symbolic code that can be interpreted only with the key to the code. A cipher is used to secure information against unauthorized use.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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