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FUER :
Used in front of a call-sign in the preamble of a German message to
request retransmission by the receiving station to the authority
indicated by the call-sign.
FUN and GAMES :
(in Enigma). The interacting process of simultaneously fitting two
cribs (especially for the beginnings) to two messages on the same
setting, often two messages having same text but different addresses,
utilizing forward and backward clicks, avoiding stecker-contradictions,
etc.
G.A.F. :
Abbreviation of German Air Force.
GAPPED :
(of an alphabetic or numerical series) Having gaps, not complete,
selective.
GARBLE, v :
To arrange in hatted order.
GARBLE TABLE :
Table designed to facilitate the construction or checking of kana or
other groups which have a characteristic sum.
GARBO :
An electrical tape-reading, tape-punching, and typing machine, designed to
produce either a punched-tape or typed record of the result of any of a
great variety of operations (e. g. differencing, substitution) which it is
set to perform on one or more existing teleprinter tapes.
GENERAL :
(of Enigma keys.) Designed to be used for enciphering and deciphering by
ratings or other ranks; (opposed to Offizier
and Stab).
GENERALISED STECKER :
A system of stecker assumed, e.g. for purposes of stecker-knockout in
which the assumed steckering of (say) A to B does not involve also assuming
that B is steckered to A; i.e. assumed non-reciprocal stecker. Consequences
derived from such an assumption can be readily tested by applying different
slides to the second letters the correct slide being the one which
produces self steckers and reciprocal steckers.
GO DOWN :
(of a menu or series of menus). To fail, esp. when run on the Bombe.
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