Add analogies to transformation and hashing.

aljones15 · Sep 4, 2022 · 9619488 · 9619488
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@@ -300,7 +300,10 @@ <h3>How it Works</h3>
 
         <p>
 <dfn>Transformation</dfn> is a process that takes input data and prepares it for
-the hashing process. Possible transformations include
+the hashing process. One example of a possible transformation is to take a
+record of people's names that attended a meeting, sort the list alphabetically
+by the individual's family name, and rewrite the names on a piece of paper, one
+per line, in sorted order. Possible transformations include
 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonicalization">canonicalization</a>
 and
 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-to-text_encoding">
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 <dfn>Hashing</dfn> is a process that calculates an
 identifier for the transformed data using a
 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function">
-cryptographic hash function</a>. Possible cryptographic hash functions
-include
+cryptographic hash function</a>. This process is conceptually similar to how a
+phone address book functions, where one takes a person's name (the input data)
+and maps that name to that individual's phone number (the hash). Possible
+cryptographic hash functions include
 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function#SHA-3">
 SHA-3</a> and
 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function#BLAKE3">