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Answer:
The offset
Explanation:
In the question, we understand that the original text is HELLO and the encrypted text is OLSSV.
It should be noted that O replaced H, L replaced E, S replaced L and V replacement O.
This is made possible by a term refered to as offset.
The offset is used to determine the character that will replace another when it is encrypted.
7 characters after H is O; this is same for every other characters in the text.
The example given represents a simple shift cipher encryption with each letter in the original text shifted by a fixed value. Hence, the shift value of 7 used in the cipher given is called the key.
Each alphabet on the original text, HELLO is shifted by the key 7 to produce :
- H + 7 alphabets gives O
- E + 7 alphabets gives L
- L + 7 alphabets gives S
- L + 7 alphabets gives S
- O + 7 alphabets gives V
This produces the encryption OLSSV, hence, with the shift of 7 known the encryption letters are each reversed by 7 to obtain the actual phrase 'HELLO'.
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