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A cryptographic hash algorithm is a function which takes a variable size input and produces a fixed size output. The algorithm makes it difficult to find two inputs with the same output or reconstruct the input from the output.

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Distribution of hash values

However, a requirement of a hash function is for it to produce a fixed length output, so such a function would not technically be a hash function. … Finally, there are a few different Wikipedia pages discussing hash functions and one of them says this: A good hash function should map the expected inputs as evenly as possible over its output range …
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