Checksum vs. Hash — What's the Difference?

A checksum is a small-sized block of data derived from another block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors that may have been introduced during its transmission or storage. By themselves, checksums are often used to verify data integrity but are not relied upon to verify data authenticity.

A dish of chopped meat, potatoes, and sometimes vegetables, usually browned.

A numerical value calculated from a series of bits of digital data, often by summing their values, used to test whether the data has changed during storage or transmission.

A jumble; a hodgepodge.

A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.

(Informal) A mess

To compute a checksum.

A reworking or restatement of already familiar material.

A digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage

Hashish.

The symbol (#); the pound sign.

To chop into pieces; mince.

(Informal) To make a mess of; mangle.

(Informal) To discuss carefully; review

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

A confused mess.

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

(computing) The result generated by a hash function.

One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.

A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.

A hash run.

(Scotland) A stupid fellow.

(informal) Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

(transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.

To make a quick, rough version. en

To transform according to a hash function.

To make a mess of (something); to ruin.

That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.

A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.

Hashish.

To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.

Chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned

Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen

Chop up;