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  • proper noun A cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.

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From Banbury, from which the stationery used was obtained; coined by Alan Turing, who invented the process in 1940.

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  • An enigmatic word, courtesy of Alan Turing.

    August 25, 2014