Plaintext

A Plaintext is a Human-Readable or Machine-Readable Data that is not encrypted.

• AKA: Cleartext, Unencrypted Data.
• Example(s):
  • Binary Data,
  • Text Data Item,
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Ciphertext.
• See: Data Cryptographic Algorithm, Cryptography, Synonym, Encryption.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintext Retrieved:2014-11-25.
  • In cryptography, plaintext is information a sender wishes to transmit to a receiver. Cleartext is often used as a synonym.

    Plaintext has reference to the operation of cryptographic algorithms, usually encryption algorithms, and is the input upon which they operate. Cleartext, by contrast, refers to data that is transmitted or stored unencrypted (that is, 'in the clear').

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