Question

What is the plaintext known as​

Answer 1

Answer:

Information—a message, document, file, etc. —if to be communicated or stored in encrypted form is referred to as plaintext. Plaintext is used as input to an encryption algorithm; the output is usually termed ciphertext, particularly when the algorithm is a cipher.

Answer 2

Answer:

plaintext usually means unencrypted information pending input into cryptographic algorithms, usually encryption algorithms. This usually refers to data that is transmitted or stored unencrypted ("in clear").