ciphertext

[ sahy-fer-tekst ]

noun

the encoded version of a message or other text; cryptogram.

Origin of ciphertext

¹

First recorded in 1935–40; cipher + text

Compare plaintext.

Words Nearby ciphertext

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How to use ciphertext in a sentence

And finally there's the key: secret stuff you feed into the cipher along with the cleartext to make ciphertext.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
For a normal Internet surfer, a session online is probably about 95 percent cleartext, five percent ciphertext.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow

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