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What is cryptography?
It's the technique to protect a message from being read by anyone but the recipient.
Some terms
encrypt - to convert a message to a form that can't be understood
decrypt - to convert an encrypted message to a form that can be understood, called plaintext
Hash - an algorithm to convert text to a unique value. It is uni-directional. You can't determine the original value if you have the output value but can easily determine the output if you have the input value
Passphrase - is the key that allows you to read an encrypted message