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ciphertext

Definitions:

  Data in its encrypted form.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 under Ciphertext
NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2 under Ciphertext
NIST SP 800-152 under Ciphertext
NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1 under Ciphertext
NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Ciphertext
NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Ciphertext

  Encrypted (enciphered) data.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-20 under Ciphertext
NIST SP 800-67 Rev. 2 under Ciphertext

  Encrypted data.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-38A under Ciphertext
NISTIR 7316 under Ciphertext

  The output of the CCM encryption-generation process.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-38C under Ciphertext

  The encrypted form of the plaintext.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-38D under Ciphertext

  The confidential form of the plaintext that is the output of the authenticated-encryption function.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-38F

  Data in its enciphered form.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2 under Ciphertext

  Data in its encrypted form.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-175A