Enigma machine
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The Enigma machine was a German electro-mechanical cipher device used extensively during World War II, whose codes were famously broken by Allied cryptanalysts.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German military Enigma | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cipher machine
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electro-mechanical device ⓘ encryption device ⓘ |
| codeBrokenBy |
Alan Turing
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Bletchley Park NERFINISHED ⓘ British Government Code and Cypher School NERFINISHED ⓘ Dilly Knox NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Welchman NERFINISHED ⓘ Henryk Zygalski NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerzy Różycki NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian Rejewski NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish Cipher Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| developedBy | Arthur Scherbius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displayedAt |
Bletchley Park museum
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Imperial War Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ National Museum of Computing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encryptionType |
polyalphabetic substitution cipher
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symmetric-key cipher ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
entry wheel
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lampboard ⓘ plugboard ⓘ reflector ⓘ rotor ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Abwehr Enigma
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Army Enigma NERFINISHED ⓘ Navy Enigma NERFINISHED ⓘ commercial Enigma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
shortened World War II for the Allies
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significant in history of cryptography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Allied cryptanalytic techniques
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Bombe ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier rotor machines ⓘ |
| inputFormat | alphabetic plaintext ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
codes broken by Allied cryptanalysts
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role in World War II cryptography ⓘ use by Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| operatedBy | keyboard ⓘ |
| operatedInLanguage | German ⓘ |
| outputFormat | alphabetic ciphertext ⓘ |
| patentedIn | 1918 ⓘ |
| powerSource | electricity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German intelligence services
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German military ⓘ Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED ⓘ Luftwaffe ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| usedFor |
diplomatic communications
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military communications ⓘ naval communications ⓘ |
| usedIn |
World War I
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
daily key settings
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plugboard wiring ⓘ rotating substitution alphabets ⓘ rotor wiring ⓘ stepping mechanism ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
German military Enigma