plaintext
Before encryption applied
Plaintext is information in its ordinary readable form, before encryption or after decryption.
In cryptography, plaintext is the input that gets scrambled into ciphertext, and the output when ciphertext is decoded: The message was intercepted as plaintext.
The term also describes unformatted text without styling or markup.
Also spelled as two words: plain text.
Converting data into code
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- cleartextUnencoded readable information
- passwordAuthentication string
- credentialProof of qualification
readable · exposed · vulnerability · security · hashing · HTTPS · protocol · transmission
Electronic character encoding standard
- UTF-8Character encoding standard
- encodingConverting data to format
- unformattedNot styled or arranged
- rawIn original state
data · binary · file · extension · conversion · export · import · clipboard
Smallest amount needed
- strippedHad coverings removed
- unstyledWithout decorative arrangement
- cleanFree of soil
- bareLacking any covering
basic · simple · lightweight · uncluttered · streamlined · no-frills · austere · sparse
encryption
Converting data into code
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- cleartextUnencoded readable information
- passwordAuthentication string
credential · readable · exposed · vulnerability · security · hashing · HTTPS · protocol · transmission · storage
ASCII
Electronic character encoding standard
- UTF-8Character encoding standard
- encodingConverting data to format
- unformattedNot styled or arranged
raw · data · binary · file · extension · conversion · export · import · clipboard · paste
minimal
Smallest amount needed
bare · basic · simple · lightweight · uncluttered · streamlined · no-frills · austere · sparse · readable
vim
Lively spirited force
cat · strings · newline · linebreak · buffer · terminal · command-line · regex · scripting · batch
- textwords, characters, document, typing, notepad
- codes and cipherscipher, code, decode, decrypt, encrypt
- secret codescipher, secret code, secret codes, code word, password
- cipherscipher, Caesar cipher, substitution cipher, ciphertext, Enigma machine
- Codebreakingcodebreakers, codebreaking, cryptanalysis, cipher, ciphers
- text typesword, sentence, paragraph, document, email
plaintextciphertext
Encoded, unreadable message
encrypted data · coded message · cipher · encrypted message · scrambled text
plain, text, plane, plainly, planes, textile, planed, plainness, textual