Language is a system in which value has been affixed to symbols for the purposes of exchange.(*see pidgin barter languages)

In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption and decryption — a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative term is encipherment. In non-technical usage, a “cipher” is the same thing as a “code”; however, the concepts are distinct in cryptography. In classical cryptography, ciphers were distinguished from codes. Codes operated by substituting according to a large codebook which linked a random string of characters or numbers to a word or phrase. For example, “UQJHSE” could be the code for “Proceed to the following coordinates”.

A business is a language which increases value in exchanges.

A group of MC’s, usually in a circular formation, who perform either improvised or pre-written lyrics. On a more symbolic note, the circle represents completion-360 degrees, or the idea of coming full circle in thought.

More specifically the cipher refers to the Five Percenters, Five Percent Nation of Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths. The RZA talks about how you had to memorize the 120 questions about the original Asiatic black man, and you could be spontaneously quizzed on your knowledge on street corners using the cipher format, and that this is the origin of rap battles.

See also Knights of the Round Table, (–pizza), Continental Congress, Freemasonic Degree initiations [secret data exchange hand shakes for establishing shared value communities], Griot, Sangoma, Homer, Bards, Bardic Tradition.