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Latest revision as of 04:19, 22 April 2016
In cryptography, ciphertext (or cyphertext) is the result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm, called a cipher.
Description
Ciphertext is also known as encrypted or encoded information because it contains a form of the original plaintext that is unreadable by a human or computer without the proper cipher to decrypt it.
Decryption
Decryption, the inverse of encryption, is the process of turning ciphertext into readable plaintext.
Codetext
Codetext is a result of a code, not a cipher. Do not confuse with ciphertext.
See also
External links
- Ciphertext @ Wikipedia
