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Ciphertext

nounid 1817·updated May 12, 2026
candidate

Data output from the Cipher or input to the Inverse Cipher.

polysemous

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Data0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Restricted85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Ciphertexts
possessive
Ciphertext's
pluralpossessive
Ciphertexts'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Ciphertext is the encrypted form of the message being sent.
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1
Data or information in its encrypted form.
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Information generated by an encryption algorithm to protect the plaintext and that is unintelligible to the unauthorized reader.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
§1
Data output from the Cipher or input to the Inverse Cipher.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
Data in its enciphered form.
FIPS PUB 1971 senseview framework →
§1
Data output from the Cipher or input to the Inverse Cipher.
NIST SP 800-56B1 senseview framework →
§1
Data in its enciphered form.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Data output from the Cipher or input to the Inverse Cipher.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

related

Incoming relationships

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