Talk:Polybius square

A fact from Polybius square appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Ancient Greek mathematician Polybius invented the Polybius square, a cryptographic technique?

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Most important part missing: It was not stated how exactly (for instance BAT: 12 11 44) would be tapped. It it: 1tap, 2tap, pause 1tap, 1tap, pause 4tap, 4tap???? 71.139.163.243 (talk) 07:07, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]