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plain⋅text

[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
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
plain text or plain·text   (plān'těkst')
n.   The unencrypted form of an encrypted message.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

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)

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