An original intelligible message fed into the algorithm as input is known as _________ , while the coded message produced as output is called the __________ .
A) decryption, encryption
B) plaintext, ciphertext
C) ciphertext, plaintext
D) encryption, decryption

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Plaintext is the original intelligible message that is input into an encryption algorithm, and ciphertext is the encoded message produced as output by the algorithm.

An Original Intelligible Message Fed into the Algorithm as Input