Unencrypted information. (Source: NICCS Glossary)

How is Plaintext defined by The Cyber Glossary?

Data input to the Cipher or output from the Inverse Cipher. (FIPS 197) (NISTIR) (Source: The Cyber Glossary)

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Plaintext

Plaintext: Unencrypted information.

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Unencrypted information.

Definition 2: Data input to the Cipher or output from the Inverse Cipher. (FIPS 197) (NISTIR)
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