This page names the family of related algorithms that a specific algorithm belongs to. Wikipedia notes that an algorithm produces "a solution to a given computational problem," and many algorithms solving the same problem form a recognized family or group. Browsing this way moves between an algorithm and its close relatives.
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1. Wikipedia: Cryptography
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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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