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nounTuringery (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingA manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.
Synonyms: Turingismus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA manual cryptanalysis technique used in breaking the Lorenz cipher during World War II, based on deducing the wheel settings of the machine that did the encryption.
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From Turing + -ery, after its inventor Alan Turing.
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