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Cryptographic hash function

Hash function that is suitable for use in cryptography

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Source revisionSep 22, 2026

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Source-derived summary

A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a hash algorithm that has special properties desirable for cryptographic applications.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Cryptographic hash function” as hash function that is suitable for use in cryptography. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cryptographic, hash and function.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 17-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cryptographic, hash and function providing the first useful test.

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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Cryptographic hash function”, the useful work is to connect “hash function that is suitable for use in cryptography” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cryptographic hash function” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.