cryptographic hash function

special class of hash function that has certain properties which make it suitable for use in cryptography
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cryptographic hash function

Summary

cryptographic hash function ranks in the top 1% of studies entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,695 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cryptographic hash function is a type of hash function[2].
  • cryptographic hash function is a type of cryptographic primitive[3].
  • cryptographic hash function is used for cryptography[4].
  • cryptographic hash function is used for hashing[5].
  • cryptographic hash function's Commons category is recorded as Cryptographic hash function[6].
  • cryptographic hash function is the opposite of non-cryptographic hash function[7].
  • cryptographic hash function's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cryptographic hash functions[8].
  • cryptographic hash function's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition[9].
  • cryptographic hash function's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition[10].
  • cryptographic hash function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://crypto.stackexchange.com/tags/hash[11].
  • cryptographic hash function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/cryptographic-hash-function[12].
  • cryptographic hash function's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].

Why It Matters

cryptographic hash function ranks in the top 1% of studies entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,695 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id 34278
    Topic's main category Category:Cryptographic hash functions
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