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Noreen on display at Bletchley Park museum
Noreen, or BID 590, was an off-line one-time tape cipher machine of British origin.
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Usage
As well as being used by the United Kingdom, Noreen was used by Canada. It was widely used in diplomatic stations. According to the display note on a surviving unit publicly displayed a Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom, the system was predominantly used "by the foreign office in British embassies overseas where the electricity supply was unreliable."
Usage lasted from the mid 1960s through 1990.
Compatibility
It was completely compatible with Rockex.
Power Supply
The units were powered by two batteries of six and twelve volts respectively, though some were known to have been powered by mains.
Other Uses of the Name "Noreen"
- Noreen was the name of a wooden dragger that was acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II and converted into the minesweeper USS Heath Hen (AMc-6).
- Noreen is a common name in the Americas and the Middle East. Also spelt Naureen, Noirin and Nowrin. In Arabic, the word means luminous.
External links
Cipher machines Mechanical: Bazeries cylinder · C-36 · C-52 · CD-57 · Cipher disk · HC-9 · Kryha · Jefferson disk · M-94 · M-209 · Reihenschieber · Scytale
Teleprinter: 5-UCO · BID 770 · KW-26 · KW-37 · Lorenz SZ 40/42 · Siemens and Halske T52
Secure voice: BID 150 · FASCINATOR · KY-3 · KY-57 · KY-58 · KY-68 · OMNI · SCIP · Sectéra Secure Module · SIGSALY · STE · STU-II · STU-III · VINSON
Cryptography Categories:- Cryptography stubs
- Cryptographic hardware
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