codeword

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      code +‎ word

      Noun

      codeword (plural codewords)

      1. (cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.
        Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
      2. A type of crossword puzzle where individual letters are represented by numbers and the solver must identify them by their position and frequency.

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      Last modified on 18 June 2013, at 19:10