What is a compression function?
Answer / Manoj Kumar Kushwaha
A compression function is a mathematical process used in cryptography that takes an input of arbitrary length (message) and compresses it to a fixed-length output (hash). The goal is to produce a unique hash value for each distinct message while being resistant to collisions.
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