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Data that has not been encrypted is called:

APlaintext
BPlainlist
CPlaintint
DPlaintone
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Plaintext
1. Encryption turns readable data into something unreadable. 2. The readable form needs a name of its own. 3. Plaintext is data that has not been encrypted. 4. It is intelligible without applying decryption. _Source: NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1, 'Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government'_
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