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cipher text
This term is a technical designation used primarily in cryptography and computer science. It describes the output of an encryption process, contrasting specifically with "plain text," which is the original, readable message. The term carries a neutral, clinical tone and is rarely used outside of security, mathematics, or intelligence contexts.
Because it refers to a specific state of data, it is typically treated as an uncountable mass noun when referring to the content of a message. While one might refer to multiple "cipher texts" in a research paper discussing different encrypted samples, in practical application, it usually describes the encrypted material as a whole.