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Message digest

nounid 3248·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.

polysemousMWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Data85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Message digests
possessive
Message digest's
pluralpossessive
Message digests'

Framework definitions

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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
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