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Encyclopedia > Enigma
Look up enigma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

An enigma is something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable, or a riddle or difficult problem. Which can be bad sometimes ! Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


Enigma may also refer to:

In film and television: The plugboard, keyboard, lamps, and finger-wheels of the rotors emerging from the inner lid of a three-rotor German military Enigma machine (version with labels) The Enigma machine was a cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. ... Enigma is a town located in Berrien County, Georgia. ... Look up enigma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Near-front view of the Enigma (Palma de Mallorca, 2006) Rear view of the Enigma (Palma de Mallorca, 2006) Front/side view of the Enigma (Palma de Mallorca, 2006) Enigma formerly ECO and Katana is one of the worlds largest private superyachts. ... Categories: Stub ... The Enigma browser was previously a shareware web browser for Microsoft Windows but has now become freeware. ... Red Hat Linux was a popular Linux distribution assembled by Red Hat until the early 2000s, when it was discontinued. ...

  • Enigma (1983 film), a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill
  • Aenigma (film), a 1987 film directed by Lucio Fulci
  • Enigma (2001 film), a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
  • Enigma (TV series) - a Biography Channel TV series
  • Enigma (game show), a Finnish television show by Finlands Svenska Television
  • Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy - a DVD showcasing the TNA career of the pro-wrestler
  • Enigma (Stargate SG-1), an episode from the science-fiction TV series

In music: Enigma is the title of a 1983 motion picture directed by Jeannot Szwarc, and starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill. ... German gore director Andreas Schnaas (left) and the late Lucio Fulci (right) at the 1994 Eurofest, London, England Lucio Fulci (June 17, 1927 - March 13, 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. ... Enigma is a 2001 film set in World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on a novel of the same title by Robert Harris. ... Enigma is a Biography Channel TV series about enigmas throughout history. ... Finlands Svenska Television (FST) is the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLEs Swedish department which provides television programmes in the Swedish language for the Swedish minority in Finland. ... Enigma is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ...

  • Enigma (musical project), the electronic music project created by Michael Cretu
  • Enigma Records, a music record label
  • Enigma (band), the 1980s disco band
  • Enigma metal band, a progressive metal band from Chile
  • Enigma Variations, the musical work by Edward Elgar
  • Enigma (album), the 1996 Keith Murray album
  • Enigma (Ill Niño album), 2007 album from Ill Niño
  • "Enigma", a song by Trapt on their self-titled album Trapt (album)

In print publications: Enigma is an electronic musical project started by Michael Cretu, his wife Sandra Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. ... Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative record label in the 1980s. ... Enigma is a disco band during the 80s. ... Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. ... Enigma, the sophomore release from Keith Murray, was released in 1996 on the Jive Records imprint. ... Enigma is the title of Ill Niños fourth studio album, due for release in September 2007. ... Trapt is the self-titled debut album from the band Trapt. ...

In fiction: Enigma is a novel by Robert Harris, about a young mathematician trying to break the Germans Enigma ciphers during World War II. It was adapted to film in 2001. ... The National Puzzlers League (NPL) is a nonprofit organization focused on puzzling, primarily in the realm of word play and word games. ... Enigma is a mathematical puzzle published in New Scientist magazine. ... Cover of the Enigma trade paperback. ...

  • Enigma (comics), a fictional character in the DC Universe
  • Enigma (Wing Commander), a fictional region in the Wing Commander universe
  • Enigma, a fictional rune word found in videogame Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
  • Enigma (group), the main antagonist in the game Spy Fiction.
  • Enigma the second novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell

  Results from FactBites:
 
NOVA Online | Decoding Nazi Secrets | How the Enigma Works (668 words)
The Enigma machine, first patented in 1919, was after various improvements adopted by the German Navy in 1926, the Army in 1928, and the Air Force in 1935.
Once during every 26 moves, at the "turnover position" on the right wheel, the middle wheel will also move on one place; and when the middle wheel reaches its own turnover position it moves on again when the next letter is keyed, together with the left wheel.
Finally, the vertical front of the Enigmas used by the Armed Services contained a "plugboard" with 26 pairs of sockets, again in the QWERTZU pattern.
Encyclopedia4U - Enigma machine - Encyclopedia Article (4997 words)
Enigma was developed by Arthur Scherbius in various versions dating back to 1919.
Enigma operators were at first given a new book every month that contained the initial settings for the machine.
It is commonly claimed that the breaks into Naval enigma resulted in the war being a year shorter, but given its effects on the Battle of the Atlantic (1940) alone, that might be underestimating things.
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