The encrypted form of a plaintext.
Ciphertext
See also
Cipher, PlaintextThis entry contributed by Wiktor K. Macura
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References
Menezes, A. J.; van Oorschot, P.; and Vanstone, S. A. Handbook of Applied Cryptography. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.Schneier, B Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1996.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Macura, Wiktor K. "Ciphertext." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Ciphertext.html