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## Ciphers
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### Caesar
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![alt text][caesar]
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In cryptography, a **Caesar cipher**, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques.<br>
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It is **a type of substitution cipher** in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. <br>
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The method is named after **Julius Caesar**, who used it in his private correspondence.<br>
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The encryption step performed by a Caesar cipher is often incorporated as part of more complex schemes, such as the Vigenère cipher, and still has modern application in the ROT13 system. As with all single-alphabet substitution ciphers, the Caesar cipher is easily broken and in modern practice offers essentially no communication security.
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###### Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher)
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[bubble-toptal]: https://www.toptal.com/developers/sorting-algorithms/bubble-sort
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[bubble-wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort
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[selection-toptal]: https://www.toptal.com/developers/sorting-algorithms/selection-sort
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[selection-wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort
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[selection-image]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Selection_sort_animation.gif/250px-Selection_sort_animation.gif "Selection Sort Sort"
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[caesar]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Caesar_cipher_left_shift_of_3.svg

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