The unencrypted form of an encrypted text; plain text(noun)
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Use "cleartext" in a sentence
"And of course, all the addresses used and texts sent via the card service since April 2006 were logged in cleartext, and have already attracted some considerable attention."
" From A I can ping the tun device on B, and from B I can ping the tun device on A. That ping will actually travel over the socket connection, i.e. the ping packet will be encapsulated within a UDP or TCP packet and sent between A and B. The problem with this very simple VPN is it's missing the security - it is what is known as a cleartext tunnel."
"If you don't use a secure connection, then your login and password are sent over the internet in a 'cleartext' form which can be easily intercepted."