Qualities of Columbine Plants, Some of the Different Types. Columbines come in many colors; some are even bi-colored. These perennials can have red, yellow, white, blue, pink, salmon, or purple blossoms. They are airy plants with attractive foliage (clover-like when young).
A cypherpunk is an activist advocating widespread use of strong cryptography as a route to social and political change. Originally communicating through the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list, informal groups aimed to achieve privacy and security through proactive use of cryptography.
In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryptionâa series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. To encipher or encode is to convert information into cipher or code.