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scrambler

A device or software program that encrypts data for security purposes. See scramble.


scrambler
a plant that produces long weak shoots by which it grows over other plants

scrambler [′skramĀ·blər]
(electronics)
A circuit that divides speech frequencies into several ranges by means of filters, then inverts and displaces the frequencies in each range so that the resulting reproduced sounds are unintelligible; the process is reversed at the receiving apparatus to restore intelligible speech. Also known as speech inverter; speech scrambler.


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Photos acquaint readers with the Rosetta Stone, a Civil War decoding disk, a coded telegram, a Vigenere square, and automatic keyboard scramblers.
In 2004, the Park also introduced Inkie's Scrambler, a 12 car, fast-paced swirling ride that takes riders on a series of roundabout moves and rotations at a speed of more than 11 revolutions per minute, and Pacific Plunge, a 45-foot tall tower ride that propels seated-riders 45-feet into the air over the Pacific Ocean.
Marquez, a scrambler, and Miles, and drop-back passer, gave the Cougars different looks at quarterback but each were effective in running the offense.
 
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