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Subject:RE: Term usage - encrypted vs. "en clair" From:"Grant, Christopher" <CGrant -at- glhec -dot- org> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:58:07 -0600
> >Does anyone have a suggestion for a better/more standard term than en
> >clair?
>
> I think "as clear text" would be the most accurate equivalent.
>
Unencrypted text is also referred to as "plaintext" (being the opposite of
"ciphertext".)
A quick Google shows that term widely used, but I can't say if it would be
the most appropriate for your audience.
-Chris Grant
Technical Writer
Great Lakes Higher Education
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