Your Name in 20 Secret Codes
Type your name and see it written 20 different ways: the binary computers store, the Morse code telegraphs sent, the Braille people read by touch, ciphers from Julius Caesar to the Enigma machine, and more. Save the best ones as a picture to share.
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Codes vs ciphers
A code just writes the same information a different way so a machine or a person can use it: binary for computers, Morse for telegraphs, Braille for fingertips. Anyone who knows the code can read it. A cipher is meant to hide the message: Caesar, Vigenère and Enigma scramble letters so only someone who knows the method and the key can read them.
A few stories behind the codes
- Binary: every letter you type becomes 8 ones and zeros. A is 01000001 because it's number 65 in the ASCII table.
- Morse code: the most common letters got the shortest signals. E, the most used letter in English, is a single dot.
- Braille: Louis Braille created it as a teenager in the 1820s, building on a military night-writing system.
- Vigenère: for about 300 years it was nicknamed "the indecipherable cipher", until Charles Babbage and Friedrich Kasiski showed how to break it.
- Tap code: prisoners of war used it to talk through cell walls, tapping the row and then the column of each letter.
Want to go further? Send a scrambled note with the secret message tool, convert whole sentences with the binary translator, or scroll through the history of hacking.
FAQ
What is my name in binary?
Type it above. Each letter becomes an 8-digit group of ones and zeros, the same code your computer uses to store it.
How do I write my name in Morse code?
Type your name and look at the Morse card: each letter is a group of dots and dashes, with a slash between words.
Can I print my name in Braille?
The Braille card uses Unicode Braille characters, which you can copy and print. Real Braille is raised dots, so a printed version is for show rather than reading by touch.
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