cyphertext

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English

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Etymology

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From cypher +‎ text.

Noun

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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.