How is password encrypted?

Related questions

1. How a password is hashed?
2. What is the best password hash?
3. Is sha256 hash secure?
4. What is difference between hash and encryption?
5. What makes a hash a hash?
6. How many words are in a sha256 hash?
7. Why is hash irreversible?
8. What is password hash and salt?
9. Is hashing reversible?
10. What is the most convenient hashing method to be used to hash passwords?

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11. #typically
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15. #allowed
16. #stores
17. #login