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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.

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 at 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, Ireland, Scotland, and the Middle East. Also spelt Naureen, Noirin and Nowrin (نورين). In Arabic, the word means "luminous"'. In Ireland and Scotland, 'Noreen' is the anglicized version of 'Nóirín', which is the diminutive of 'Nora'.

External links

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+{{Short description|Cipher machine}}
-[[Image:Noreen.jpg|right|thumbnail|320px|Noreen on display at Bletchley Park museum]]
+{{for multi|people with the given name|Noreen (given name)|the Swedish linguist|Adolf Noreen}}
-'''Noreen''', or '''BID 590''', was an off-line [[one-time tape]] cipher machine of British origin, and also used by [[Canada]]. It was widely used in diplomatic stations.
+[[Image:Noreen.jpg|right|thumbnail|320px|Noreen on display at [[Bletchley Park]] museum]]
+'''Noreen''', or '''BID 590''', was an off-line [[one-time tape]] cipher machine of British origin.
+== Usage ==
-== Other Uses of the Name "Noreen" ==
+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 at [[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.
-* 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)]].
+== Compatibility ==
-* Noreen is a common name in the Americas and the Middle East. Also spelt Naureen, Noirin and Nowrin. In Arabic, the word means luminous.
+It was completely compatible with [[Rockex]].
+== Power Supply ==
-==External links==
+The units were powered by two batteries of six and twelve volts respectively, though some were known to have been powered by [[Mains electricity|mains]].
-* [http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/bid590.html Jerry Proc's page on Noreen]
+== 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)|USS ''Heath Hen'' (AMc-6)]].
+* Noreen is a common name in the Americas, Ireland, Scotland, and the Middle East. Also spelt Naureen, Noirin and Nowrin (نورين). In [[Arabic language|Arabic]], the word means "luminous"'. In Ireland and Scotland, 'Noreen' is the anglicized version of 'Nóirín', which is the diminutive of '[[Nora (name)|Nora]]'.
+==External links==
+* [http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/bid590.html Jerry Proc's page on Noreen]
+* [http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/uk/noreen/ Noreen on Crypto Museum website]
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+[[Category:Cryptographic hardware|Noreen]]
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