clear text
Unencoded written content
Clear text is data transmitted or stored without encryption—readable by anyone who intercepts it.
The term appears in security contexts where the contrast with encrypted data matters: Passwords should never be sent in clear text.
Also written as one word: cleartext.
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
- HTTPWeb data transmission standard
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
- FTPData transmission standard
- encryptionConverting data into code
ASCII · eavesdropping · SMTP · IMAP · JSON · digital signature · CSV · XML · POP3 · wire transfer · Markdown · HTML · YAML · authentication · digital certificates · in the open · plain sight · TCP/IP
clear textciphertext
Encoded, unreadable message
encrypted data · cipher · encrypted message · cryptogram · coded message
clear textscrambled text
Disordered written content
redacted text · gibberish · coded language · secret writing · hidden message
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