Solidity: ABI encoding explained

If you have already been curious about how Ethereum smart contract works under the hood or even wanted to exploit some weak smart contract, you probably stumble upon the solidity abi encoding page. Even if this is the reference paper, it can look a bit difficult to understand and it's not easily readable even though it's not really difficult.
Let's review how the encoding is working with the help of few example.

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