HASH VALUE Definition & Meaning

hash value

[ hash val-yoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Computers.

(in an algorithmic process) a single integer representing data or information either transmitted or stored, the simplification of which facilitates comparison to integers representative of other information or data sets, also simplified in this way.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hash value¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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Defense Department servers using a “hash value” portion of a password needed to access thousands of classified documents.

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The government alleges that Manning gave "a portion" of a password "to crack" which "was stored as a 'hash value' in a computer file that was accessible only by users with administrative-level privileges".

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Minutes later, she sent him the hash value, “80c11049faebf441d524fb3c4cd5351c,” but indicated that she was unsure what it was precisely for.

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Amid some casual banter, Manning mentioned a hash value, an alphanumeric representation that can be used to derive a password, and asked Assange if he could break one.

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Manning gave Assange a hash value for the password in question, and Assange later reported back that he had had “no luck so far” trying to figure out the password from the hash value.

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