"plain text" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Rhymes: -ɛkst Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} plain text (not comparable)
  1. (cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plaintext Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: plaintext Categories (topical): Computing, Cryptography
    Sense id: en-plain_text-en-adj-bit1S3ji Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 42 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plaintext usually a single compound word in cryptography and computing

Noun [English]

Rhymes: -ɛkst Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} plain text (uncountable)
  1. (cryptography) Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Cryptography
    Sense id: en-plain_text-en-noun-YIuS~Tz3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 42 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Data which consists only of human-readable text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data or formatting markup. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (data that consists only of human-readable text): raakateksti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-plain_text-en-noun-~~yh01qQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English retronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 35 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 33 47 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 28 30 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 32 43 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'data that consists only of human-readable text': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flat text [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], cleartext, text file, plaintext usually a single compound word in cryptography and computing

Alternative forms

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