ciphertext
noun
ci·pher·text
ˈsī-fər-ˌtekst 
: the enciphered form of a text or of its elements compare plaintext
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The researchers were able to crack it in less than a minute using a standard laptop and just four ciphertexts.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2023
An operator would use the keys to type plaintext, and the converted ciphertext would be reflected in 26 lights above the keys—one light for each converted letter.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020
To mitigate this risk, organizations should transform the original information into ciphertext before the transfer, so only the receiving party can decrypt it.
—Joe Monaghan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
Enlarge / Sample ciphertext (F38) found in the archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, now attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
This encryption algorithm can enable payment applications to write encrypted data and use the same ciphertext to process data.
—Tirthankar Dutta, Forbes, 15 June 2021
In essence, bounded-distance decoding is the problem of recovering the original lattice point from this ciphertext.
—Adrienne Bernhard, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2021
This new method can enable applications to work on ciphertext and can remove the dependency of decryption.
—Tirthankar Dutta, Forbes, 15 June 2021
The converted letters would then be transcribed to derive the ciphertext.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2023
An operator would use the keys to type plaintext, and the converted ciphertext would be reflected in 26 lights above the keys—one light for each converted letter.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020
To mitigate this risk, organizations should transform the original information into ciphertext before the transfer, so only the receiving party can decrypt it.
—Joe Monaghan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
Enlarge / Sample ciphertext (F38) found in the archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, now attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
This encryption algorithm can enable payment applications to write encrypted data and use the same ciphertext to process data.
—Tirthankar Dutta, Forbes, 15 June 2021
In essence, bounded-distance decoding is the problem of recovering the original lattice point from this ciphertext.
—Adrienne Bernhard, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2021
This new method can enable applications to work on ciphertext and can remove the dependency of decryption.
—Tirthankar Dutta, Forbes, 15 June 2021
The converted letters would then be transcribed to derive the ciphertext.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020
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“Ciphertext.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ciphertext. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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