"plaintext" meaning in English

See plaintext in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-plaintext.wav
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} plaintext (not comparable)
  1. (computing) Consisting only of plain text. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: ASCII [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], cleartext, decoded, unencrypted
    Sense id: en-plaintext-en-adj-s8zIb3cq Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-plaintext.wav Forms: plaintexts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plaintext (plural plaintexts)
  1. (cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: plain text
    Sense id: en-plaintext-en-noun-Vqj~DaKs Categories (other): Computing, Cryptography Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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