About the iPod backup encryption password

I just updated my iOS (from 4.2 to 6.0) and let the iPod store my backup information on my computer, encrypted. Like surely many before me, I do not know what the password is to get my encrypted data back. I don't remember ever entering a password for this. In several other inquiries online, people claim they never set a password. But I know I am forgetful and people can be presumptive, SO:
Can anyone share with me some information on WHEN or WHETHER this password is saved? When it is saved, does it say specifically that you're setting a password for the backup thing? (If not, what is the form where you enter the new password that will become the backup encryption password?) Is this only a practice implemented from a certain iPod/iPhone generation onward; would someone who purchased a 4th-gen iPod touch not be initially asked to create this password and someone from a year later be asked? Lastly, if in fact those inquiries I mentioned are correct, does Apple just scour your iPod for a password it can use for this purpose, and if so, is there any pattern at all to this that I can use to figure out my password?
Thanks for reading (and for answering? ),
A user of Apple products

When you select "Encrypt ... backup" you get this dialog:
The password can be added to the keychain, however, the password may have been one-way encrypted and is not retrivable.

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vedderfan94 wrote:
First off I bought a 2nd gen ipod nano off ebay a couple of months ago but lost everything on my pc so I'll have to replace all of the songs before I can sync it. Does this happen with the ipod touch?
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vedderfan94 wrote:
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vedderfan94 wrote:
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