plaintext

American  

[playn-tekst] / ˈpleɪnˌtɛkst /

noun

1. the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.

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Etymology

Origin of plaintext

First recorded in 1915–20; plain ¹ + text

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Example Sentences

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plaintext

Searching “for loop javascript,” for instance, will summon lists of reference pages on Google, but You.com will surface actual plaintext snippets of syntax from sources like W3Schools that you can easily copy and paste.

From The Verge ● Nov. 9, 2021

There you have it, in black-and-white plaintext: The pinnacle of Internet justice.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2015

But “a slightly more sophisticated attacker,” they note, “could use a tool such as SSLStrip in order to attempt to downgrade the transport layer encryption in order to increase the amount of plaintext credentials gathered.”

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2015

Even so, bad policy by Associated Content to leave a plaintext password file lying around.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2012

Sometimes Elizebeth also worked as a cryptographer, which meant that she was the one coming up with ways of obscuring the plaintext.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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