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Category: Cryptography

What is Hash?

Summary Definition: A fixed-length alphanumeric string produced by feeding arbitrary data into a one-way mathematical function.

Detailed Technical Explanation

A cryptographic hash is a deterministic one-way function that takes input of any size and produces a fixed-size output. Even a one-bit change in input produces a completely unrecognizable hash (avalanche effect).

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