Plaintexts
A plaintext refers to the original, unencrypted message or data that is understandable by humans or computers without any form of transformation. In the context of cryptography, plaintext is the input that is subjected to an encryption algorithm to produce ciphertext. Once encrypted, the plaintext is no longer directly readable.
The process of converting plaintext into ciphertext is called encryption, and the reverse process, converting ciphertext
Plaintext is fundamental to communication and data storage. For example, an email message before it is encrypted