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What is the difference between plaintext and malleable?

plaintext | malleable |

As a noun plaintext

is (cryptography) (plain text).

As a adjective malleable is

able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

plaintext

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cryptography)
  • (computing)

    • malleable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
  • (metaphorical ) Flexible, liable to change.
    • My opinion on the subject is malleable .
  • (cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

    • Related terms

    * malleability * malleableness * malleably * malleate

    Coordinate terms

    * ductile

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