ciphertext

Definitions

Data that has been encrypted to prevent unauthorized access or to hide its meaning.

The output of an encryption algorithm, which appears as unintelligible characters until decrypted.

Examples

The cryptographer spent hours attempting to decrypt the complex ciphertext.

Without the correct private key, the intercepted message remained nothing more than unreadable ciphertext.

Synonyms

encrypted text encoded message scrambled data secret code cryptogram

Antonyms

plaintext cleartext readable text unencrypted data decoded message