Codes and Ciphers

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2006
Collins (Verlag)
978-0-00-722804-1 (ISBN)

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All you need to know about making and breaking codes.

Gem Codes and Ciphers touches on everything from the smoke signals used by Native American Indians to encryption devices used by government agencies and the military.

Not only does this handy, pocket-sized book cover the history of the development of codes and ciphers, it also has practical information and advice on how to make codes and, more importantly, how to break them!

Topics covered:
• Native American smoke signals, Masonic signals, flags, and semaphore;
• Morse code, Braille, ASCII computer language;
• Letter substitution – mono- and poly-alphabetic;
• Computer algorithms;
• Codes and ciphers throughout history
• Development of code-breaking devices such as the Enigma machine.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.8.2006
Reihe/Serie	Collins Gem
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	82 x 117 mm
Gewicht	112 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie
ISBN-10	0-00-722804-X / 000722804X
ISBN-13	978-0-00-722804-1 / 9780007228041
Zustand	Neuware