Enigma machine

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The Enigma machine was a German electro-mechanical cipher device used extensively during World War II, whose codes were famously broken by Allied cryptanalysts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cipher machine ⓘ
electro-mechanical device ⓘ
encryption device ⓘ
codeBrokenBy Alan Turing ⓘ
Bletchley Park ⓘ
British Government Code and Cypher School ⓘ
linked to: Bletchley Park

Dilly Knox ⓘ
Gordon Welchman ⓘ
Henryk Zygalski ⓘ
Jerzy Różycki ⓘ
Marian Rejewski ⓘ
Polish Cipher Bureau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
developedBy Arthur Scherbius ⓘ
displayedAt Bletchley Park museum ⓘ
linked to: Bletchley Park

Imperial War Museum ⓘ
National Museum of Computing ⓘ
encryptionType polyalphabetic substitution cipher ⓘ
symmetric-key cipher ⓘ
hasComponent entry wheel ⓘ
lampboard ⓘ
plugboard ⓘ
reflector ⓘ
rotor ⓘ
hasVariant Abwehr Enigma ⓘ
linked to: Enigma machine

Army Enigma ⓘ
Navy Enigma ⓘ
commercial Enigma ⓘ
linked to: Enigma
historicalImpact shortened World War II for the Allies ⓘ
significant in history of cryptography ⓘ
influenced Allied cryptanalytic techniques ⓘ
Bombe ⓘ
influencedBy earlier rotor machines ⓘ
inputFormat alphabetic plaintext ⓘ
introducedIn 1920s ⓘ
notableFor codes broken by Allied cryptanalysts ⓘ
role in World War II cryptography ⓘ
use by Nazi Germany ⓘ
operatedBy keyboard ⓘ
operatedInLanguage German ⓘ
outputFormat alphabetic ciphertext ⓘ
patentedIn 1918 ⓘ
powerSource electricity ⓘ
usedBy German intelligence services ⓘ
German military ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
usedFor diplomatic communications ⓘ
military communications ⓘ
naval communications ⓘ
usedIn World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
uses daily key settings ⓘ
plugboard wiring ⓘ
rotating substitution alphabets ⓘ
rotor wiring ⓘ
stepping mechanism ⓘ

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Dilly Knox → specialization → Enigma machine ⓘ
Bombe machines → targetedCipher → Enigma machine ⓘ
Bombe machines → targetedCipher → German military Enigma ⓘ
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Bombe machines → relatedTo → Enigma machine ⓘ
Cryptonomicon → featuresTechnology → Enigma machine ⓘ
Commander of U-boats → usedCommunicationSystem → Enigma cipher ⓘ
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The Code Book → coversTopic → Enigma machine ⓘ
Dream Theater (album) → hasPart → Enigma Machine ⓘ
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Along for the Ride Tour → featuresAlbumSongs → Enigma Machine ⓘ
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German naval Enigma → basedOn → commercial Enigma machine ⓘ
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German naval Enigma → moreSecureThan → German Army Enigma (early war) ⓘ
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German naval Enigma → relatedTo → German Army Enigma ⓘ
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Enigma → mainSubject → Enigma machine ⓘ
The Hut Six Story → mainSubject → Enigma machine ⓘ
Enigma machine → hasVariant → Abwehr Enigma ⓘ
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Bombe → designedToAttack → Enigma cipher ⓘ
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Bombe → usedToDetermine → Enigma daily key settings ⓘ
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Bombe → relatedTo → Enigma machine ⓘ
Polish Bomba kryptologiczna → targetCipher → German Enigma ⓘ
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Polish Bomba kryptologiczna → relatedTo → Enigma machine ⓘ
Lorenz cipher → relatedTo → Enigma machine ⓘ
Tunny cipher → relatedTo → Enigma machine ⓘ
Tunny cipher → distinctFrom → Enigma cipher ⓘ
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ULTRA → relatedTo → Enigma machine ⓘ