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Ciphertext

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cryptogramnoun(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
encodingnounA conversion of plain text into a code or cypher form (for transmission to a recipient).
plain textnoun(file format) Human readable text which consists only of a string of characters, represented using a character encoding such as ASCII or Unicode. In the file format sense, plain text may represent structured data in a human readable format such as XML.
cleartextnoun(cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text
code wordnounAlternative form of codeword. [(cryptography) A string representing an encoded piece of text.]
codewordnounA word or phrase (or by extension a concept) used to make a (concealed) reference to another word or concept.
plaintextnoun(cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text. [(cryptography) Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext).]
ciphernounA method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
cryptogrammenounRare spelling of cryptogram. [Encrypted text.]
cryptographnounA cipher or cryptogram.
cyphernounA surname from German.
characternoun(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
codesetnounA set of pairs of text characters and associated coded forms.
keystreamnoun(cryptography) A stream of random or pseudorandom characters that are combined with the plaintext to produce a ciphertext.
streamciphernounAlternative form of stream cipher. [(cryptography) a symmetric-key cipher in which plaintext digits are combined with a pseudorandom cipher digit stream]
codegroupnounA group of symbols forming part of a coded message.
substitution ciphernoun(cryptography) A method of encryption by which units of plaintext are substituted with ciphertext according to a regular system; the "units" may be single letters (the most common), pairs of letters, triplets of letters, mixtures of the above, and so forth. The receiver deciphers the text by performing an inverse substitution.
codevectornoun
codenoun(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
paddingnounSoft filling material used in cushions etc.

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