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 # pqm4
-Collection of post-quantum cryptographic alrogithms for the ARM Cortex-M4
+Collection of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms for the ARM Cortex-M4
 
 ## Introduction
 The **pqm4** library, benchmarking and testing framework started as a result of the