Bob cannot get any information out of the codeword since he doesn't know what transmission bases Alice used.
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Codeword
//ˈkoʊdˌwɝd//
Synonyms for "codeword" (3 found)
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5 translations across 2 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- cijfercode noun (type of crossword)
- codewoord noun (cryptography: string of encrypted text)
Finnish
3 entries- koodi noun (cryptography: string of encrypted text)
- krypto noun (type of crossword)
- salakirjoitus noun (cryptography: string of encrypted text)
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While all the cats are frolicking and singing, the aging Grizabella cat, noted once for her glamour, keeps wandering onstage and singing bits of "Memory." The other cats shun her as a pariah, an outcast. Dressed in rags, looking pathetic, it's clear that her only sin was once being "glamorous," which I think is a code word for sexual.
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Even the most virtuous concepts were scrutinised by governments eager to interpret them as codewords for something unwelcome.
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El Niño has hit the headlines as a codeword for bad weather, especially in the Pacific and California. But there is a little more to it than that.
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