Cypher is an alternative spelling for

cipher In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is ''encipherment''. To encipher or encode i ...

. Cypher may also refer to:

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Cypher (French Group) Cypher is an alternative spelling for cipher. Cypher may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Cypher (French Group), a Goa trance music group * Cypher (band), an Australian instrumental band * ''Cypher'' (film), a 2002 film * ''Cypher'' ( ...

, a Goa trance music group * Cypher (band), an Australian instrumental band * ''Cypher'' (film), a 2002 film * ''Cypher'' (...And Oceans album) * ''Cypher'' (Spektr album) * in

breakdancing Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in ...

, a circle of b-boys who take turns dancing in the center * in

poetry slam A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery. ...

, a circle of poets who take turns reciting poems * in

freestyle rap Freestyle is a style of improvisation, with or without instrumental beats (Mystrodamus), in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure and with no prior memorization.Kevin Fitzgerald (director), '' Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme' ...

, a circle of rappers who take turns freestyling or performing a freeverse

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Cypher (Marvel Comics) Cypher (Douglas Aaron Ramsey) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears usually in the X-Men family of books, in particular those featuring ''The New Mutants'', of which Cypher ...

(a.k.a. Doug Ramsey), a Marvel Comics character * Cypher (DC Comics) (a.k.a. Avery Twombey), a DC Comics super-villain and adversary of Batman * Cypher (Warhammer 40,000), a character in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe * Richard Cypher (also known as Richard Rahl), the protagonist of ''

The Sword of Truth ''The Sword of Truth'' is a series of twenty-one epic fantasy novels and 6 novellas written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell, Nicci, Cara, and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppr ...

'' series * Cypher, a Judas-like character in the film ''The Matrix'' * The title character of ''

Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero ''Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero'' is an American animated television series originally airing from 1967 to 1968. It told the story of Johnny Cypher, a scientist who had the power to travel through space and time into different dimensions, with ...

'', a 1950s-era cartoon program * ''Cypher/Kerry Turner'', a sidekick of the Christian superhero ''

Bibleman ''Bibleman'' is an American Christian-themed direct-to-video children's series created by Tony Salerno that ran from 1995 to 2010 to promote Christianity. The series centers around an evangelical superhero who fights evil, often by quoting scri ...

'' * The sword-like weapon of

Strider Hiryu is a fictional character jointly owned by Capcom and Moto Kikaku. Although primarily known as a game character, Hiryu (''飛竜'', "Flying Dragon") debuted in 1988 as the protagonist of a Japan-exclusive manga titled ''Strider Hiryu,'' publishe ...

, a character from the ''Strider Hiryu'' manga and various related videogames * A character in the ''Higher Institute of Villainous Education'' book series, first introduced in the second book '' The Overlord Protocol'' * Cypher, the female main antagonist of the film ''

The Fate of the Furious ''The Fate of the Furious'' (alternatively known as ''F8'' and titled on-screen as ''Fast & Furious 8'' internationally) is a 2017 American action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Furious 7'' (2 ...

People

Jon Cypher Jon Cypher (born January 13, 1932) is an American actor and singer. He is best known as playing Chief of Police Fletcher Daniels in ''Hill Street Blues'' throughout the series' run. He is also known for his work in ''Cinderella'', ''As the World Tu ...

(born 1932), American actor *

Julie Cypher Julie Cypher (born August 24, 1964) is an American film director best known for being the former partner of musician Melissa Etheridge and former spouse of Lou Diamond Phillips. Biography Cypher was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Dick and Betty ( ...

(born 1964), American film director best known as the former partner of Melissa Etheridge *

Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Alexey Yanushevsky (Алексе́й Анато́льевич Януше́вский) (born May 17, 1990), who also goes by the pseudonym "Cypher", resides in Minsk, and is a Belarusian professional player of the first person shooter series '' Qu ...

, Belarusian professional ''Quake'' player

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Cypher (UAV) The Sikorsky Cypher and Cypher II are types of unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Sikorsky Aircraft. They are vertical takeoff and landing aircraft which use two opposing rotors enclosed in a circular shroud for propulsion. Design and deve ...

, an unmanned aerial vehicle *

The Cypher (video game) ''The Cypher'' is an interactive fiction video game by EPG Multimedia Inc. Plot and gameplay The Cypher is a digital interactive fiction novel in eight episodic chapters that explores a murder mystery spanning ten centuries. Characters include ...

, release in 1998 * ''Cypher'' (video game), released in 2012 *

Cypher stent Cypher is a brand of drug-eluting coronary stent from Cordis Corporation, a Cardinal Health company. During a balloon angioplasty, the stent is inserted into the artery to provide a "scaffold" to open the artery. An anti-rejection-type medication ...

, a type of drug-eluting stent *

Cypher Query Language Cypher is a declarative graph query language that allows for expressive and efficient data querying in a property graph. Cypher was largely an invention of Andrés Taylor while working for Neo4j, Inc. (formerly Neo Technology) in 2011. Cypher was ...

, a declarative query language for graph databases * Royal cypher

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