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.
Related Terms. Scrambling sensitive information so that it becomes unreadable to everyone except the intended recipient. Encryption is performed by hardware/software devices which use a series of mathematical operations (encryption algorithm) to generate encrypted data called cypher text. The recipient, who must have an 'electronic key' to decrypt the data, uses a similar device to convert cypher text back to its original (readable) form called clear text.