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Enigma, a 2010 manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump; Enigma Cipher, a series from Boom! Studios; Enigma, a novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell "Enigma" and "An Enigma", two poems by Edgar Allan Poe; The Riddler, DC comics character whose full name abbreviates to E. Nigma
The Enigma machine was invented by German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. [4] The German firm Scherbius & Ritter, co-founded by Scherbius, patented ideas for a cipher machine in 1918 and began marketing the finished product under the brand name Enigma in 1923, initially targeted at commercial markets. [5]
The 23 enigma is a belief in the significance of the number 23. [1] The concept of the 23 enigma has been popularized by various books, movies, and conspiracy theories, which suggest that the number 23 appears with unusual frequency in various contexts and may be a symbol of some larger, hidden significance.
The title refers to the French, British and Polish teams which worked on breaking the Enigma cipher, known by shorthand as "X", "Y" and "Z", respectively. The Enigma cipher, produced by the Enigma machine, was used from the 1920s to the end of World War II by Germany—later Nazi Germany—for military and other high security communications.
Edmund Green suggested that the "larger theme" is Shakespeare's sixty-sixth sonnet and that the word "Enigma" stands for the real name of the Dark Lady of the Sonnets. [69] Andrew Moodie, casting doubt on the idea of a hidden melody, postulated that Elgar constructed the Enigma theme using a cipher based on the name of his daughter, Carice. [70]
When a message was a continuation of a previous one, the plaintext would start with FORT (from Fortsetzung, meaning "continuation") followed by the time of the first message given twice bracketed by the letter Y. At this time numerals were represented by the letters on the top row of the Enigma keyboard.
His real name—Edward Nigma—is a pun itself; an "enigma" is a person or thing that is difficult to understand. With this self-conscious use of an elaborate gimmick , the Riddler's crimes are often theatrical and ostentatious.
Enigma is a German musical project founded in 1990 by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu. [1] Cretu had released several solo records, collaborated with various artists, and produced albums for his then-wife, German pop singer Sandra , before he conceived the idea of a new-age , worldbeat project.