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What is the output of a hash function called?

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Fixed Length Output (Hash Value)

This process is often referred to as hashing the data. In general, the hash is much smaller than the input data, hence hash functions are sometimes called compression functions. Since a hash is a smaller representation of a larger data, it is also referred to as a digest.

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