HISTORICAL
Α
Greek isopsephy
Α=1 … Θ=9, Ι=10 … Π=80, Ϙ=90, Ρ=100 … Ω=800, Ϡ=900.
Ἶσις · 420
HISTORICAL
א
Hebrew gematria (mispar hechrachi)
א=1 … ט=9, י=10 … צ=90, ק=100, ר=200, ש=300, ת=400.
עשן · 420
MODERN
A
English ordinal
A=1, B=2, … Z=26.
ITHACA · 42
Registry
The machines
Three alphabets. Three histories. Same kind of operation is not the same culture. More faces mean more chances to find a door open. We launch labeled, versioned.
Other faces of English
Reduction, reverse, reverse-reduction. Modern. Named so they cannot impersonate Milesian or Hebrew.