Enigma machine
ObjectCryptography and Computer Security
Rotor cipher device used by Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Enigma machine
- Cryptography and Computer Security
The Enigma machine was a cipher device used in the early to mid-20th century for commercial, diplomatic, and military communications. Its electromechanical rotors changed electrical connections with each keypress, producing changing letter substitutions. Nazi Germany used it extensively during World War II. Poland first cracked the machine in December 1932, and its work helped the Allies exploit Enigma messages as intelligence throughout the war.
- Mechanism
- Electromechanical rotor cipher device
- Wartime use
- Used extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II
- First cracked
- Poland, December 1932
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Enigma machine (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q150758
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Alessandro Nassiri. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsAlessandro Nassiri, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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