codetext

Noun

codetext (plural codetexts)

1. An encoded form of a message, as opposed to plaintext.
   • To work well, a code must have thousands of plaintext words or phrases with a codetext equivalent for each. Usually, for the sake of manageability, a codetext word is limited to three to five letters or numbers. All the codetexts and their plaintext meanings are listed in a codebook.1974, The Family Creative Workshop, Plenary Publications International
   • The repetitions of the codetext matched those of the proposed plaintext perfectly.[…]The two spent the morning inserting his equivalents into the codetexts, but none stood close enough together in the texts to obtain confirmation through new identifications.2004, David Kahn, “Yardley’s Triumph”, in The Reader of Gentlemen’s Mail: Herbert O. Yardley and the Birth of American Codebreaking, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, page 67

   Antonyms:

   plaintext