From cypher + text.
cyphertext (plural cyphertexts)
- Alternative spelling of ciphertext
2006, Hossein Bidgoli, Handbook of Information Security, Information Warfare, ...[1], →ISBN, page 607:To this goal Alice encrypts the plaintext into a cyphertext by mean of an encryption algorithm with the help of some secret additional information, called key.
2009, Security in RFID and Sensor Networks[2], →ISBN, page 210:The cyphertext can be randomized by everyone, but the entity that performs the re-encryption can identify if the cyphertext is safe.
2015, T. Gilling, The STREAM TONE: The Future of Personal Computing?[3], →ISBN, page 67:In simple terms, encryption is the process of converting plaintext, such as messages or information, into a data format that is unreadable by human or computer, known as cyphertext, using an encryption algorithm.