Decode YXJhYmlkb3BzaXM= from Base64

Decoded result: arabidopsis

Word Visualization: arabidopsis

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Decoding Process: YXJhYmlkb3BzaXM= to arabidopsis

About the '=' Padding

The '=' at the end of "YXJhYmlkb3BzaXM=" is padding. Base64 encoding requires the input length to be divisible by 4. When it's not, '=' characters are added as padding. These padding characters are represented as '000000' in binary but are not used in the final decoded output.

Step 1: Map Base64 Characters to Binary

Base64 Character	Binary Value	Decimal Value
Y	011000	24
X	010111	23
J	001001	9
h	100001	33
Y	011000	24
m	100110	38
l	100101	37
k	100100	36
b	011011	27
3	110111	55
B	000001	1
z	110011	51
a	011010	26
X	010111	23
M	001100	12
=	padding (000000)	-

Step 2: Group Bits into Bytes

The binary string is grouped into 8-bit chunks (1 byte each):

01100001 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101001 01100100 01101111 01110000 01110011 01101001 01110011 00

Step 3: Convert Binary to ASCII

Binary Value	ASCII Character
01100001	a
01110010	r
01100001	a
01100010	b
01101001	i
01100100	d
01101111	o
01110000	p
01110011	s
01101001	i
01110011	s
00

When combined, these characters form the decoded string: "arabidopsis"

Word Statistics: arabidopsis

General Statistics

Length: 11 characters
Vowels: 5
Consonants: 6

Letter Frequency

Letter	Frequency
a	2
r	1
b	1
i	2
d	1
o	1
p	1
s	2

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