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[pleyn-tekst]
–noun
the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
Also called clear text.
Compare cryptography.


Origin:
1915–20; plain 1 + text
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plain text or plain·text   (plān'těkst')
n.  The unencrypted form of an encrypted message.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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