Banburismus
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Banburismus (uncountable)
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(historical) A cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.
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Banburismus could rule out certain sequences of the Enigma rotors, substantially reducing the time needed to test settings on the bombes.
Alan Turing 's use of probability in cryptanalysis See Banburismus contributed to its design.
This variation was probably intended as a security measure, but ultimately allowed the Polish Clock Method and British Banburismus attacks.