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MD5 is not an Encryption algorithm: it is a Hashing Algorithm. An Encryption algorithm is reversable, a Hashing algorithm is not.
That means there is no single source that generates a hash: you cannot go from the hash to the source (you can find other inputs which will generate the same hash, but you cannot go the other way.)
It is the difference between taking text and replacing each letter of the alphabet with the next "A" -> "B" and so forth. That would be encyrption. You can reverse this. If instead you added all the characters together, and threw away any data greater than 128, that would be hashing. You cannot reverse this.
 
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Kim Togo 2-Jun-11 15:33pm    
Good explanation. My 5.
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