How does RAID 5 work?

[StarLord118]

Recently I've been researching about RAID levels, and I understand what RAID 0, 1 and 10 do, but I can't seem to understand what RAID 5 does. Can someone please explain?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You'll find what you're looking for here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels