Plaintext
Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 5: Securing Applications and Data
The readable information that goes into an encryption algorithm.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 5.3.A.2
Why it matters in Unit 5
Plaintext plus a key gives ciphertext.
Example
“Meet at gate 4” before encryption.
Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 5.3 Protecting Stored Data with Cryptography