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hash value

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The result of applying a cryptographic hash function to data (e.g., a message).

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon

A numeric value resulting from applying a mathematical algorithm against a set of data such as a file.

Classifications

Entity Type

Data0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

synonym
cryptographic hash value
plural
hash values
possessive
hash value's
pluralpossessive
hash values'