plaintext
A message before encryption or after decryption, i.e. in its usual form which anyone can read, as opposed to its encrypted form ("ciphertext").
Last updated: 1995-05-10
Nearby terms:
Plain Old Telephone System ♦ plain TeX ♦ plaintext ♦ PLAN ♦ Plan 9 ♦ Planet
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