In IPFS, data is chunked into <VueCustomTooltip label="The term for a single unit of data in IPFS." underlined multiline is-medium>blocks</VueCustomTooltip>, which are assigned a unique identifier called a <VueCustomTooltip label="An address used to point to data in IPFS, based on the content itself, as opposed to the location." underlined multiline is-medium>Content Identifier (CID)</VueCustomTooltip>. In general, the CID is computed by combining the hash of the data with it's <VueCustomTooltip label="Software capable of encoding and/or decoding data." underlined multiline is-medium>codec</VueCustomTooltip>. The codec is generated using <VueCustomTooltip label="A collection of interoperable, extensible protocols for making data self-describable." underlined multiline is-medium>Multiformats</VueCustomTooltip>.
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