COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

CRYPTOGRAPHY AND ENCRYPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ____ (also called an anagram) changes the position of characters in the plain text message.
A
transposition cipher
B
One time pad
C
substitution cipher
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Transposition Cipher is a cryptographic algorithm where the order of alphabets in the plaintext is rearranged to form a cipher text. In this process, the actual plain text alphabets are not included.

Detailed explanation-2: -Substitution Ciphers. Substitution ciphers encrypt the plaintext by swapping each letter or symbol in the plaintext by a different symbol as directed by the key. Perhaps the simplest substitution cipher is the Caesar cipher, named after the man who used it.

Detailed explanation-3: -In cryptography, a transposition cipher (also known as a permutation cipher) is a method of encryption which scrambles the positions of characters (transposition) without changing the characters themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -A transposition cipher, also called columns permutation, is a technique to change the order of the letters in a text by placing it in a grid.

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