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digest

digest

2 8.2
A short code made from data to check if it changed
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪdʒɛst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : resumen (criptográfico)
  • The resulting 160-bit message digest is then sent to the SCM main dataflow to be sent back to the CPU or to the PKA engine for further processing.

Examples

  • The final component of every data packet name implicitly includes a SHA256 digest of the packet.

    Academic text (2012)
  • It resulted in 10,000 manuscript pages, in Kikongo, of which a digest appeared in English as the four volumes of Laman's The Kongo (Uppsala, 1953-1967).

    Academic text (1995)
  • Every Monday, we send out a digest of digital advertising "must reads" chosen from the week before.

    Blog text (16)
  • Your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.

    Blog text (4)
  • The digest component is not transmitted since it is derivable.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Subsequent reads of blocks with the same digest will be served from the in-memory cache directly.

    Blog text (5)
  • As Section 3.2 notes, the full name of a ContentObject contains a cryptographic digest of its contents (a self-certifying name) and the identity (key) of its publisher.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The software's security is verified by checking the SHA256 digest of the file.

  • To ensure data integrity, the application calculates a digest whenever new information is saved.

  • Each document in the database has a unique digest that helps us identify its content.

Synonyms

hash
vsdigest
  • Specialized
35 4.9

A code made from data to check if a file changed

is a fixed length cryptographic output used to verify or identify data

Surface Forms

digest singular
digests plural

Etymology

The word digest is used in computing with the same Latin idea from dis- 'apart' and gest 'carry', meaning a short, arranged form. A computer digest is a small value that stands for a large file, so you can check or identify the data quickly, like a tiny summary.