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  • noun cryptography the Playfair cipher, or an encryption using it

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Examples

  • Playfair is the iTunes music player that removed the restrictions from the music you bought from Apple.

    Boing Boing: May 9, 2004 - May 15, 2004 Archives 2004

  • (SOE used a code called Playfair for concealing secret messages in innocent letters.

    between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998

  • It seems to matter not the quality of the bowler, just as long as Playfair lists them as SLA: what started out as a few speculative deliveries from Yuvraj Singh has almost become cliche.

    Kevin Pietersen falls to familiar weapon on return for Surrey 2011

  • Right behind them is Brian Playfair, Tri-Met's main in-house lawyer and its human resources head, at $196,715.

    That ain't Vegemite (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • However, Dick Playfair, a spokesman for the group, said deer farms would still be low intensity, with herds being released on to large, fenced-in areas of hillside close to existing farms.

    Scots landowners lobby for deer farms 2011

  • The academy is still one of the city's most impressive buildings, a fitting companion to its neighbour on the Mound, Playfair's National Gallery of Scotland.0131-225 6671No 28 St James's Street, home of the private members' club Boodle's, was originally the Savoir-Vivre club house.

    Georgian architecture: examples from the era 2011

  • Matt is the founding president of Playfair, an international company that designs team-building programs for organizations.

    Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010

  • That's what Calgary assistant coach Jim Playfair said after the Flames outscored the Phoenix Coyotes 7-5 on Saturday night.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Getting two points on the road in any game at this time of the year is critical, '' said Playfair, who spoke to the media in place of coach Mike Keenan.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Playfair smashed a pair of sticks in a fuming protest, which earned him an ejection.

    Jim Playfair's SHOCKING Outburst Earns Him Fine (VIDEO) 2010

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