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

Or if it's configured to backup the plaintext to the cloud.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2018

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

The letters all came from the English alphabet, but the Mounties suspected the plaintext was in Chinese, probably in Cantonese dialect.

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