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7  This section covers the internals of Vault and explains technical details of Vaults operation.
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10# Vault Internals
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12This section covers the internals of Vault and explains the technical
13details of how Vault functions, its architecture and security properties.
14
15-> **Note:** Knowledge of Vault internals is not
16required to use Vault. If you aren't interested in the internals
17of Vault, you may safely skip this section. If you're operating Vault,
18we recommend understanding the internals.
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