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What are 'Cryptograms' ? |
Answer : |
| Cryptograms are
mathematical puzzles which are associated with letters of the
alphabet and the digits. |
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In simple cryptogram each letter is replaced by one of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and n digit is represented
by more than one letter. |
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Cryptograms were not originally created for entertainment purposes. |
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In the Spartan military in fifth century B.C, this code consisted of a staff around
which a strip of paper was wrapped without overlapping. A message was written on the paper,
which was then unwrapped and sent on its way. The message could only be correctly decoded
with the right diameter of stick.
Julius Caesar invented the first substitution cypher,
one which still bears his name. |
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