Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A book that lists the symbols of a code and their meanings.
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- noun cryptography A book, table, database, or other object that stores the mapping between
plaintext words or phrases and their equivalents in acode . - noun computer science A
lookup table .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The evolution has created something of a 'codebook' of behaviour within the private sector of file-sharing.
p2pnet news 2009
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Nevertheless, he went through the motions of unlocking the safe and opening the codebook and checking the authentication tables again.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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Nevertheless, he went through the motions of unlocking the safe and opening the codebook and checking the authentication tables again.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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He pulled out the June 13 codebook and turned to the EAM authentication tables.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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The evolution has created something of a ‘codebook’ of behaviour within the private sector of file-sharing.
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He pulled out the June 13 codebook and turned to the EAM authentication tables.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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A telegram to Government House in Nairobi could not be decoded because the keys to the safe holding the codebook were unavailable.
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Karsten Nohl, 28, told The Associated Press this week that he, working with others online and around the world, created a codebook containing how to get past the GSM standard encryption used to keep conversations on more than 3 billion mobile phones safe from prying ears.
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Karsten Nohl, 28, told The Associated Press this week that he, working with others online and around the world, created a codebook containing how to get past the GSM standard encryption used to keep conversations on more than 3 billion mobile phones safe from prying ears.
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The purpose of the codebook is not as an instructional device, but to cover the Department of Education in the event a parent sues charging discrimination against a son or daughter.
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