• kamen@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, it’s basically that, but it has different uses - two main things I can think of right away are 1) verifying data when downloading large files and 2) cryptography (e.g. when storing credentials). Oh, and hash tables too.

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      1 hour ago

      Well, but the question wasn’t “what is a hash used for”, but rather “what is a hash”