plaintext

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English

Noun

plaintext (plural plaintexts)

  1. (cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text
    • 2007, Reinhard Wobst, “Life After DES: New Methods, New Attacks”, in Angelika Shafir, transl., Cryptology Unlocked, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, section 3 (IDEA: A Special-Class Algoritmh), subsection 5 (Cryptanalyzing IDEA), page 239:
      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’.

Adjective

plaintext (not comparable)

  1. (computing) Consisting only of plain text.

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