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Vigenère cipher is an encryption algorithm developed in 1553 and was considered uncrackable until the middle of the 19th century.

Application:

In order to encrypt text, you need to choose a word, W, and the encryption table.

Now, you encrypt the mth letter in the text you want to encrypt using a letter from the word W that was chosen before according to the following formula: 

Em = L(m % n)

where:
m — the serial number of the letter n the text
Em — the letter for the m letter in the text
n — the length of w
L — the letter in w in the specified index.

Now, in the encryption table you go to (Em,Tm) (Tm is the m letter you encrypt), and write the letter that's written there, instead of the original letter.

The encryption table 

 |a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|
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a|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|
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b|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|
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c|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|
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d|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|
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e|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|
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f|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|
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g|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|
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h|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|
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i|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|
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j|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|
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k|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|
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l|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|
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m|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|
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n|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|
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o|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|
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p|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|
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q|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|
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r|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|
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s|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|
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t|t|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|
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u|u|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|
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v|v|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|
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w|w|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|
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x|x|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|
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y|y|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|
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z|z|a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|

More information at Wikipedia under Vigenère cipher.

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