This dimension groups algorithms by the ACM subject area they fall under. Wikipedia notes that the ACM Computing Classification System "is a subject classification system for computing devised by the Association for Computing Machinery," used to organize computing subjects by area. Browsing this way collects every algorithm classified under the same ACM area.
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1. Wikipedia: Cryptography
WikipediaCryptography, History section, earliest-use sentenceQuote, Cryptography, History section, earliest-use sentence
The earliest known use of cryptography is some carved ciphertext on stone in Egypt (c. 1900 BCE), but this may have been done for the amusement of literate observers rather than as a way of concealing information.
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