ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Plaintext

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Plaintext is a noun meaning (cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text.

Meaning

(cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text.

More Meanings

  1. (computing) Consisting only of plain text.

Example Sentences

There are weak keys in the sense that their use by foisting chosen plaintexts can be proved, which could be interesting for chip cards with a ‘burnt-in key’.

Word Forms

Synonyms for plaintext

Depending on context, synonyms include ASCII, cleartext, decoded, unencrypted.

Antonyms for plaintext

Common opposites include binary, encoded, encrypted.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decrypted, human-readable, binary, null-terminated, character-based, vanilla.

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