What is sync?

You talk about sync. What is it? What is this for?

https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/how-do-i-set-up-Firefox-sync

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    If you define a sync and create a new account to sync or connect to an existing synchronization account then Firefox stores the credentials (name, password and key Sync) in password manager to allow to connect to this account when you start Firefox.
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