Message digest

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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A digital signature that uniquely identifies data and has the property that changing a single bit in the data will cause a completely different message digest to be generated.

Framework senses

7 senses across 5 frameworks

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →

§1: A smaller extrapolated version of the original message created using a message digest algorithm

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →

§1: The result of applying a hash function to a message. Also known as a “hash value” or “hash output”.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: A digital signature that uniquely identifies data and has the property that changing a single bit in the data will cause a completely different message digest to be generated.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review: A cryptographic checksum, typically generated for a file that can be used to detect changes to the file. Synonymous with hash value/result.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: A cryptographic checksum, typically generated for a file that can be used to detect changes to the file. Synonymous with hash value/result.

NIST SP 800-1071 senseview framework →

§1: The result of applying a hash function to a message. Also known as a “hash value” or “hash output”.

NIST SP 800-921 senseview framework →

§1: A digital signature that uniquely identifies data and has the property that changing a single bit in the data will cause a completely different message digest to be generated.