plaintext

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That seems like the right move to me, given the existence of Notepads’ perhaps lesser-known sibling WordPad, which is closer to Microsoft Word than a plaintext editor.

From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2021

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

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2015

He discovered the omission while doing a letter-by-letter comparison of the plaintext and coded text in preparation for a book about his work.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2014

However it means sending a lot of private information, including passwords, in plaintext to Google.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013

By performing many transpositions on the same plaintext, and shuffling the columns, you can create a baffling message.

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