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CIPHER, or CYPHER (from Arab. sifr, void)

CIPHER, or CYPHER (from Arab. sifr, void) , the See also:

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol o, nought, or zero; and so a name for symbolic or See also:

SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

writing (see See also:

CRYPTOGRAPHY (from Gr. Kpurrros, hidden, and ypItOav, to write)

CRYPTOGRAPHY), or even for shorthand (q.v.), and also in elementary See also:

EDUCATION

education for doing See also:

SIMPLE

simple sums (" ciphering ") .

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