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This is the main sense. Especially the computing senses are derived from it. So it's very bad to put it somewhere at bottom of the page under "other uses".
 
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{{Wiktionary|trigraph}}
A '''trigraph''' (from the Greek words tria = three and grapho = write) is a group of three symbols, most commonly letters.
'''Trigraph''' may refer to:
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*[[Trigraph (orthography)]], a combination of written letters used to represent a sound
Trigraphs are used in several fields, and for several purposes. Among them are


==Computing==
* In computing:
* [[Digraphs and trigraphs (programming)]], a group of characters used to symbolise one character
* [[Trigraph_(computing)]] Trigraphs in Computing
** A [[C trigraph]], a character representation in the [[C (programming language)|C]] family of programming languages.
*An octal or decimal representation of [[byte]] values
*Mnemonics for [[machine language]] instructions
** As [[octal]] or [[decimal]] representation of [[byte]] values.
*As language codes in [[ISO 639]]
** [[Mnemonic]]s for [[machine language]] instructions.
** There are text matching and data compression algorithms which act directly on trigraphs.
* In language:
** As language codes in [[ISO 639]].
** A [[Trigraph (orthography)]], a sound representation in [[orthography]].
** As [[abbreviation]]s.
* In [[cryptography]]:
** As substitution group in a [[substitution cipher]].
* As combinations in the [[Ling Qi Jing]].
* In [[mathematics]]:
** As a generalization of [[Graph_(mathematics)|graphs]].


==Cryptography==
''Trigraph'' is also the name of several businesses.
*As substitution group in a [[substitution cipher]]
*As combinations in the [[Ling Qi Jing]]


==Mathematics==
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*As a generalization of [[Graph (discrete mathematics)|graph]]s where there is a set of edges called ''semi-adjacent''

==See also==
*[[Digraph (disambiguation)]]
*[[Tetragraph]]
*[[Multigraph (disambiguation)]]

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Latest revision as of 06:43, 11 October 2024

Trigraph may refer to:

Computing

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Cryptography

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Mathematics

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  • As a generalization of graphs where there is a set of edges called semi-adjacent

See also

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