Gronsfeld cipher

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Etymology

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The cipher's invention was attributed by Gaspar Schott to Count Gronsfeld (Josse Maximilaan van Gronsveld né van Bronckhorst).

Noun

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Gronsfeld cipher (plural Gronsfeld ciphers)

  1. A variant of the Vigenère cipher that uses only ten different cipher alphabets, corresponding to the digits 0 to 9.
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