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plaintext

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

Intelligible data that has meaning and can be understood without the application of decryption.

Framework senses

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Ordinary readable text before being encrypted into ciphertext or after being decrypted.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1
Unencrypted information.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →
§1
Data input to the Cipher or output from the Inverse Cipher.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
Intelligible data that has meaning and can be understood without the application of decryption.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review
Unencrypted information.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Unencrypted information.
NIST SP 800-211 senseview framework →
§1
Intelligible data that has meaning and can be understood without the application of decryption.
FIPS PUB 1971 senseview framework →
§1
Data input to the Cipher or output from the Inverse Cipher.