olemus
krüpteerimise tulem,
näiliselt juhuslike numbrite ja/ või tähtede jada

ISO 7498, ISO/IEC 2382 jt:
krüpteerimisega tekitatud andmed,
mille semantiline sisu ei ole
krüptograafiliste meetoditeta kättesaadav
= data produced through the use of encryption,
the semantic content of which
is not available without the use of cryptographic techniques

ISO/TR 19038:
krüpteeritud andmed
= encrypted (enciphered) data

ISO/IEC 9798, 10116, 18033 jt:
infosisu peitmiseks teisendatud andmed
= data which has been transformed
to hide its information content

näiteid
http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/uk/rockex/img/rockex_print.png

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denny_Darlis/publication/272157650/figure/tbl1/AS:613949808582666@1523388449521/Ciphertext-comparison.png

https://tiptopsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CiphertextExample.png

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciphertext