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[[Category:Mathematical operations]]Tasks in this category have to do with data encryption (or decryption) using various algorithms.▼
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Note that encryption is not the same as a [[:Category:Checksums|checksum]].
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With encryption, the derived data carries an encrypted form of the original data, and can be manipulated to recreate the original input.
A checksum is simply a sequence of characters
(usually just a few characters in length)
that cannot be converted back to the original form
(because more than one input can have the same checksum).
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