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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(cryptography, historical) Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness, whose existence helped the Allies to break the code..
Another type of cilly was the repeated use of the same message key, perhaps the initials of the operator's girlfriend […]
Answer c is a reference to a cilly, which was a three-character message key used in the German Enigma machine.
Taunt describes the work involved in breaking Enigma messages, cribs, cillies, the Herivel tip, help from Bombes and more.
By 1944, cillies had already become rare; hence, Bletchley Park had already found other breaks into the Enigma nets.
Cillies resulted from a combination of two different mistakes in a multi-part message by some Enigma operators.
Use cilly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cilly means (cryptography, historical) Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator error or laziness, whose existence helped the Allies to break the code..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Another type of cilly was the repeated use of the same message key, perhaps the initials of the operator's girlfriend […]
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