• I was going to call this "Fun Facts", but I guess some people might not find these facts all that fun, so whatever...
• Anyway, as I slightly somewhat sort-of mentioned in an earlier post, one of my events at Mu Alpha Theta this summer is an open topic event on Codes and Ciphers. So here's ten fun facts I learned about the topic from the two books I've been reading on the subject, Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing by Martin Gardner and Cracking Codes and Cryptograms for Dummies by Denise Sutherland and Mark E. Koltko-Rivera.
1. A code is defined as being a kind of "new language", while a cipher is a message with letters that are replaced or rearranged by other symbols. (Ciphers tend to be easier to crack than codes, and most people mistake ciphers as codes.)
2. Plaintext is the secret message and ciphertext is the encrypted message.
3. The most often used letters, in order, are: E, T, A, O, and N.
4. The most frequently used two letter word is OF.
5. The most frequently used three letter word is THE.
6. In English, the letter Q must always be followed by U.
7. The most common double letters, in order, are: LL, EE, SS, OO, and TT.
8. Julius Caesar used two ciphering systems when he was general of the Roman armies, known as "Caesar Shift" and "Caesar Box Codes".
9. The Freemasons use codes to keep information on Masonic ceremonies secret.
10. A transposition cipher is a cipher where the letters in the message are the same, but their positions are changed.
• Isn't it interesting? :D ...no?
• Well, I'll post more interesting information later. I'm getting started on studying integrals next so I'm sure something interesting will turn up there! ;D
Less Than Three,
The Artist
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