plaintext

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Searching “for loop javascript,” for instance, will summon lists of reference pages on Google, but You.com will surface actual plaintext snippets of syntax from sources like W3Schools that you can easily copy and paste.

From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021

There you have it, in black-and-white plaintext: The pinnacle of Internet justice.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2015

Only someone with the correct key can decrypt the information and convert it back into plaintext.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2015

Even so, bad policy by Associated Content to leave a plaintext password file lying around.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2012

Of course, sometimes the plaintext wasn’t in English.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield