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==Origin==
The origin of this term appears{{Fact|date=January 2008}} to be George Perrault, a character in the book ''Friday''<ref>''Friday'' by [[Robert Heinlein]]: page 163</ref> by [[Robert Heinlein]]:
::The simplest sort [of code] and thereby impossible to break. The first ad told the person or persons concerned to carry out number seven or expect number seven or it said something about something designated as seven. This one says the same with respect to code item number ten. But the meaning of the numbers cannot be deduced through statistical analysis because the code can be changed long before a useful statistical universe can be reached. It's an idiot code... and an idiot code can never be broken if the user has the good sense not to go too often to the well.<ref>The Web: [http://www.asherblack.com/quotations.html Quotations] - Asher Black</ref>
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