ciphertext
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ciphertext
Example Sentences
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The team presents a proof-of-concept where they force an encryption algorithm to transiently exit earlier, resulting in the exposure of reduced-round ciphertext.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
In the case of steganography, one of those distributions represents the cover text, and the other represents the ciphertext, which contains the hidden message.
From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2023
A ciphertext is another polynomial c in the same range.
From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017
That data is then transmitted as ciphertext by the email provider to the intended recipient, who is the only person who can decrypt and read it.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2015
And finally there's the key: secret stuff you feed into the cipher along with the cleartext to make ciphertext.
From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory
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