cyphertext

English

Etymology

From cypher +‎ text.

Noun

cyphertext (plural cyphertexts)

1. Alternative spelling of ciphertext
   • 2006, Hossein Bidgoli, Handbook of Information Security, Information Warfare, ...‎^[1], →ISBN, page 607:

     To this goal Alice encrypts the plaintext into a cyphertext by mean of an encryption algorithm with the help of some secret additional information, called key.

   • 2009, Security in RFID and Sensor Networks‎^[2], →ISBN, page 210:

     The cyphertext can be randomized by everyone, but the entity that performs the re-encryption can identify if the cyphertext is safe.

   • 2015, T. Gilling, The STREAM TONE: The Future of Personal Computing?‎^[3], →ISBN, page 67:

     In simple terms, encryption is the process of converting plaintext, such as messages or information, into a data format that is unreadable by human or computer, known as cyphertext, using an encryption algorithm.