cleartext
Plain, unscrambled message
Cleartext is data in its ordinary, readable form—not encrypted or encoded.
In security contexts, sending passwords in cleartext means they can be intercepted and read by anyone monitoring the connection: The system was vulnerable because credentials were transmitted in cleartext.
Also spelled as two words: clear text.
Not in cipher
- readableEasy to understand
- ciphertextEncoded, unreadable message
- encryptionConverting data into code
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
cipher · ASCII · data · message · payload · transmission · protocol · key
Able to be seen
- exposedOut in open
- openNot closed
- accessibleAble to be reached
- unobscuredNot hidden from view
unhidden · readable · disclosed · revealed · unmasked · unconcealed · overt · apparent
unencrypted
Not in cipher
- readableEasy to understand
- ciphertextEncoded, unreadable message
- encryptionConverting data into code
decryption · cipher · ASCII · data · message · payload · transmission · protocol · key · algorithm
visible
Able to be seen
- exposedOut in open
- openNot closed
- accessibleAble to be reached
unobscured · unhidden · readable · disclosed · revealed · unmasked · unconcealed · overt · apparent · evident
- cryptographyAES, encryption, ciphertext, decryption, cipher
cleartextciphertext
Encoded, unreadable message
encrypted data · scrambled text · encrypted message · cipher · cryptogram
clear, text, context, clarity, transparent, pretext, textual, plaintext