plain text

NOUN

ordinary readable form

Synonyms

WEAK

ASCII clear text decoded plaintext unencrypted text vanilla text

Antonyms

WEAK

ciphertext encoded encrypted rich text

Example Sentences

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It focuses tightly on the plain text of a law and disregards legislative history—committee reports, floor debates, and the like—as irrelevant.

From Slate

"The scrambled plain text was found, but without the coding method or the key. This is a very important distinction," he separately told a news conference in November.

From Barron's

Or can they rest a decision on the plain text alone?

From Slate

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, explained how the plain text of both the ADA and Section 504 “reaches cases involving a failure to accommodate, even where no ill will or animus towards people with disabilities is present.”

From Slate

What we have here is a classic dispute over textualism, the theory that judges should look exclusively to the plain text of the statute to discover its meaning.

From Slate