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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | after French ''déchiffrer'' , in 15th cent. ''deschiffrer'' , des- , de- (de- prefix 1f) + chiffre [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher cipher]. | + | after French ''déchiffrer'' , in 15th cent. ''deschiffrer'' , des- , de- (de- prefix 1f) + chiffre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher cipher]. |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1545] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1545] |
| ==Defiinitions== | | ==Defiinitions== |
| *1: decode | | *1: decode |
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| '''Decipherment''' is the [[analysis]] of [[documents]] written in ancient languages, where the language is [[unknown]], or [[knowledge]] of the language has been lost. | | '''Decipherment''' is the [[analysis]] of [[documents]] written in ancient languages, where the language is [[unknown]], or [[knowledge]] of the language has been lost. |
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− | It is closely related to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis cryptanalysis] — the [[difference]] being that the [[original]] document was not deliberately written to be [[difficult]] to decipher. | + | It is closely related to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis cryptanalysis] — the [[difference]] being that the [[original]] document was not deliberately written to be [[difficult]] to decipher. |
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| The term has also been used to describe the [[analysis]] of the genetic [[information]] encoded in [[DNA]] - see the [[Human Genome Project]] article for more on this. | | The term has also been used to describe the [[analysis]] of the genetic [[information]] encoded in [[DNA]] - see the [[Human Genome Project]] article for more on this. |
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| Examples of successful script decipherment: | | Examples of successful script decipherment: |
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− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script Cuneiform script] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script Cuneiform script] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs Egyptian hieroglyphs] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs Egyptian hieroglyphs] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharoshthi Kharoshthi script] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharoshthi Kharoshthi script] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B Linear B] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B Linear B] |
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| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |