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Think back to the last time when you were searching something on Google.

Rappelez-vous la dernière fois que vous cherchiez quelque chose sur Google.

If you notice your browser bar, you may see something like this.

If we look carefully, we can see that the spaces are actually replaced by person 20, and question mark is replaced by person 3f.

The browser somehow transformed our query into something different.

Why?

Because the URLs are allowed to have only a limited number of characters, and in that character set, characters like space are not valid.

but it still needs to be sent, and therefore it is converted into something that belongs to the allowed character set.

This type of transformation of data from one form to another, for the purpose of storage or transmission, is called encoding.

And similar to this, the data can be encoded to other forms as well.

For example, the text hello can be converted into many different forms, for example binary, hexadecimal, or base64.

The encoding is not only limited to transmitting data, but has other uses as well.

For example, if you work on the front-end with CSS, you might have seen the color codes which have the RGB values.

Those values are usually written in hexadecimal for its compact nature.

In decimal, the same value would look like this.

Similarly, in HTML, you may have seen the image stack to add images to your page, which refer to the URL where the image resides.

While this is fine for large images, The lighter images can be directly embedded in the Base64 format via HTML or CSS to save a network call.

The key point to understand here is that encoding is reversible.

For example, anyone who sees person 20 can decode it back to a space.

It's about data representation, not security.

And speaking of security, let's talk a bit about hashing.

Whenever you create an account online, your password is never stored in plain text.

Instead, it's converted into a fixed-length string of characters, which could look like this.

From this string alone, it is impossible to construct the original password again, and this type of transformation is possible by a process called hashing.

Hashing is a process where you convert data into another irreversible form by the use of a hashing algorithm, which does some complex math behind the scenes to achieve this.

So when you login, the password that you enter is hashed again and compared with the hash that exists in the system.

If they are same, the login is successful.

Hashing is defined by three main things.

First, that it is one way.

You can't reverse a hash to retrieve the original input.

Second, it is deterministic.

The same input always produces the same hash.

And third, is that it is always of fixed length.

So, no matter how long your password is, the hash always will be of the same size.

Hashing is not only used in passwords, but it has other applications as well.

For example, in file downloads.

If the downloaded file is corrupt, its hash would be different from the original file.

Whereas if the downloaded file is intact, its hash would be the same as original file.

If you're intrigued by hashing, check out my deep dive video on what is hashing, to learn about different hashing algorithms and hash collisions.

Now, what if you need that one-way transformation to be two-way, but only for some selected people or systems?

That's where encryption comes in.

Imagine that you have a top-secret document on your computer.

Anyone with access to your machine can open and read it.

Encryption provides a way to transform your document or data into a form

that can only be reversed by the use of a key.

So whoever holds the key can access the data.

If someone tries to open it without the key, they'll only see gibberish.

Let's take a simple example of encryption, one that dates back over 2000 years.

Julius Caesar used a basic encryption technique to protect messages of military importance.

It's now famously known as Caesar's cipher, or the shift cipher.

The idea?

Shift each letter of the message by a fixed number of positions in the alphabet.

say 3.

So if we take the word hello and shift each letter by 3, H becomes K, E becomes H,

L becomes O, the next L also becomes O, and O becomes R.

That gives us KHOOR.

To anyone who intercepts this message without knowing the shift, it looks like gibberish.

But if the recipient knows that each letter was shifted by 3, they can just reverse the shift and decrypt the message back to hello.

This kind of encryption is laughably easy to crack today, especially with modern computers.

But it beautifully illustrates the core idea.

The message is only readable to someone who has the key.

Modern encryption is, let's just say, a bit more advanced.

Instead of the letter shifts, we now use complex mathematical algorithms that are designed to be unbreakable by brute force, at least with current computers.

Quantum computing might change that, but that's a topic for another video.

Take WhatsApp, for example.

Every message that you send is encrypted on your device before it even leaves your phone.

If someone tries to snoop on the network, all they see is garbled nonsense.

Only the person that you are messaging with the matching decryption key can turn that noise back into actual words.

That's encryption, locking your data in such a way that only the right key can unlock it.

To put it all together, encoding is like translating data into another format so computers can store or transmit it properly.

It's not about secrecy, it's about structure and readability.

And yes, it is completely reversible.

Some examples are UTF-8, binary, hexadecimal, and base64.

Hashing takes your data and runs it through a special formula to create a unique, fixed-length code.

This code doesn't reveal the original data, and you cannot convert it back.

That's why it's perfect for safely storing passwords or checking if a file has been tampered with.

If the data changes, the hash changes too.

Encryption is about confidentiality.

It transforms your data into something unreadable, but only temporarily.

Because unlike hashing, encryption is reversible if and only if you have the right key.

That's how secure messaging apps like WhatsApp protect your conversations even from their own servers.

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Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « The Most Confused Concepts in Engineering ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : hashing, encryption, hash, key, example. Cette vidéo contient 80 phrases et 1072 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 6:29. Le locuteur parle à un rythme naturel d’environ 165 mots par minute, proche d’une conversation courante. Seuls 80 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

Mot	Prononciation	Sens
hash nom	/ˈhæʃ/	hachis
encryption nom	/ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/	chiffrement
password nom	/ˈpæs.wɜɹd/	mot de passe, mot d'ordre
encode verbe	/ɪnˈkoʊd/	encoder, coder
litter nom	/ˈlɪt.ɚ/	litière
hexadecimal nom	/ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/	hexadécimal
reversible adjectif	/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/	réversible
algorithm nom	/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/	algorithme
transform verbe	/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/	transformer
cipher nom	/ˈsaɪfə/	chiffre
gibberish nom	/ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/	baragouin, charabia
binary adjectif	/ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/	binaire
compute verbe	/kəmˈpjuːt/	computer, calculer
decimal nom	/ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/	décimal, système décimal
decode verbe	/dɪˈkəʊd/	décoder

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

Mot	Sens
check out verbe	mater, regarder

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

Structure	Dans la vidéo
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le fait	are actually replaced · are allowed · be sent
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chose	codes which have · anyone who sees · anyone who intercepts

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 4 contractions et formes réduites, comme can't, doesn't, they'll. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

Les sons « th »: algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
Les sons « sh » et « zh »: hash /ˈhæʃ/, encryption /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/, gibberish /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/, decryption /dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/, collision /kəˈlɪʒn̩/
Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: hexadecimal /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/, reversible /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/, deterministic /dɪˌtɜː.mɪˈnɪs.tɪk/, irreversible /ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/, readability /ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

/h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hash /ˈhæʃ/, hexadecimal /ˌhɛksəˈdɛsɪməl/
/r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: encryption /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/, password /ˈpæs.wɜɹd/, reversible /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/

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Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme hash, encryption, password.

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Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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