Vigenère table

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cryptographic tool poly­alphabetic substitution aid tabular cipher device

The Vigenère table is a tabular arrangement of shifted alphabets used as the core tool for implementing the classical Vigenère polyalphabetic substitution cipher.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Vigenère cipher 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryptographic tool ⓘ
poly­alphabetic substitution aid ⓘ
tabular cipher device ⓘ
associatedWith Caesar cipher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vigenère cipher key ⓘ
basedOnAlphabet Latin alphabet ⓘ
canBeAdaptedFor non-English alphabets ⓘ
canBeGeneralizedTo alphabets of different sizes ⓘ
cipherTypeSupported polyalphabetic substitution cipher ⓘ
constructionMethod each column contains a Caesar shift of the plaintext letter ⓘ
each row is a cyclic shift of the alphabet ⓘ
decryptionRule plaintext letter is found by locating ciphertext in key row ⓘ
domain classical cryptanalysis ⓘ
information security history ⓘ
educationalUse illustrating polyalphabetic substitution ⓘ
teaching classical ciphers ⓘ
encryptionRule ciphertext letter is at intersection of plaintext row and key column ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vigenere square NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vigenère tableau NERFINISHED ⓘ
tabula recta NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent columns of shifted alphabets ⓘ
rows of shifted alphabets ⓘ
historicalUse military communications ⓘ
paper-and-pencil cryptography ⓘ
namedAfter Blaise de Vigenère NERFINISHED ⓘ
originConcept tabula recta of Johannes Trithemius NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction implements polyalphabetic substitution ⓘ
maps plaintext and key letters to ciphertext letters ⓘ
property implements multiple Caesar shifts ⓘ
periodic substitution structure ⓘ
relatedConcept Beaufort cipher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vigenère cipher tableau NERFINISHED ⓘ
autokey cipher ⓘ
cipher disk ⓘ
requires repeating or extended key ⓘ
row0 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ⓘ
row1 BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZA ⓘ
row2 CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAB ⓘ
typicalAlphabetSize 26 letters ⓘ
usedFor manual decryption ⓘ
manual encryption ⓘ
usedIn Vigenère cipher NERFINISHED ⓘ
classical cryptography ⓘ
visualForm 26x26 grid for English alphabet ⓘ
square matrix of letters ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blaise de Vigenère → associatedWith → Vigenère table ⓘ
Alberti cipher disk → influenced → Vigenère table ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vigenère cipher
Blaise de Vigenère → notableFor → Vigenère table ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vigenère cipher