rail fence cipher en · NOUN
Meanings
- A transposition cipher in which the plain text is written in a zigzag fashion diagonally up and down on successive "rails" of an imaginary fence, and then the characters are read off in rows to obtain the ciphertext.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rail fence ciphers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |