plaintext

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A message before encryption or after decryption, i.e. in its usual form which anyone can read, as opposed to its encrypted form ("ciphertext").

Last updated: 1995-05-10

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Plain Old Telephone System ♦ plain TeX ♦ plaintext ♦ PLAN ♦ Plan 9 ♦ Planet

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