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Playfair Cipher Building Grid Omitted Letters
Playfair may refer to: * Playfair (surname) * Playfair (lunar crater) * Playfair (Martian crater) * PlayFair, software that removes Apple's FairPlay DRM file encryption, now succeeded by Hymn (software), Hymn *Playfair Project *TS Playfair, TS ''Playfair'', a Canadian sail training vessel *Playfair's axiom named after John Playfair *Playfair cipher, a manual encryption technique invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone *Playfair Cricket Annual *Playfair Race Course *Lyon Playfair Library, now called the Abdus Salam Library, at Imperial College London *''Play Fair!'', an HIV/AIDS brochure See also * * * * * Fair Play (other) * Fair (other) * Play (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playfair (surname)
Playfair is a Scottish people, Scottish surname. The family is mentioned in Charles_Rogers_(author), Charles Rogers' 1887 book ''Four Perthshire families: Roger, Playfair, Constable and Haldane of Barmony''. One of the earliest records of the name is in the ''Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland'', which contains an entry from 19th August 1290 referencing William Playfayre, the Earl of Orkney's messenger, who was delivering letters from John_Comyn_III_of_Badenoch , John Comyn to Edward_I_of_England , Edward I, concerning the arrival of Margaret,_Maid_of_Norway , Margaret, Maid of Norway in Orkney. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew W. Playfair (1790–1868), Canadian politician, son of William *Dylan Playfair (born 1992), Canadian actor * Sir Edward Playfair (1909–1999), British civil servant and businessman * Guy Lyon Playfair (1935 – 2018) British writer, son of I.S.O. Playfair * Henry Playfair (born 1983), Australian rules footballer * Hugh Lyon Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |