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Definition of plaintext - 3 dictionary results

plain⋅text

  [pleyn-tekst]
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–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.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Computing Dictionary

plaintext cryptography
A message before encryption or after decryption, i.e. in its usual form which anyone can read, as opposed to its encrypted form ("ciphertext").
(1995-05-10)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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