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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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Size of A Hashed String Using SHA-512

Yes, the size of hash is fixed. I.e. sha256 produces 256 bits, sha512 - 512 bits, it doesn't depend on input size. The same applies to other cryptographic hash functions. …
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Can SHA or MD5 results be decrypted?

To add to Gilles and mentallurg answers: Hash functions can not be decrypted also in sense that there are infinitively (or nearly infinitively) many inputs that give the same output (since the size of …
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