cyphertext

plural cyphertexts

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ciphertext.

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

   2009, Security in RFID and Sensor Networks, →ISBN, page 210

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   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.

   2006, Hossein Bidgoli, Handbook of Information Security, Information Warfare, ..., →ISBN, page 607

   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.

   2015, T. Gilling, The STREAM TONE: The Future of Personal Computing?, →ISBN, page 67