plaintext
[
pleyn
-tekst]
/ˈpleɪnˌtɛkst/
noun
1.
the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
Also called
clear text
.
Compare
cryptography
.
Origin
1915-20;
plain
1
+
text
British Dictionary definitions for
plain text
plain text
noun
1.
(
telecomm
) a message set in a directly readable form rather than in coded groups