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Unencrypted vs Cleartext - What's the difference?

unencrypted | cleartext |

As an adjective unencrypted

is of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.

As a noun cleartext is

the unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text.

unencrypted

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (computing) Of something that has been decrypted successfully, or of something that should have been encrypted, but was not.

    • cleartext

    English

    Noun

  • (cryptography) The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text