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 # Volatility 3: The volatile memory extraction framework
 
-Volatility is the world’s most widely used framework for extracting digital
+Volatility is the world's most widely used framework for extracting digital
 artifacts from volatile memory (RAM) samples. The extraction techniques are
 performed completely independent of the system being investigated but offer
 visibility into the runtime state of the system. The framework is intended