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What is an MD5 hash?

What does MD5 mean?                              MD5 is the abbreviation of 'Message-Digest algorithm 5'. The MD5 algorithm is used as an encryption or fingerprint function for a file. Often used to encrypt database passwords, MD5 is also able to generate a file thumbprint to ensure that a file is identical after a transfer for example. An MD5 hash is composed of 32 hexadecimal characters. Enter a word in the MD5 encryption form above to know the corresponding MD5 hash This MD5 hash generator is useful for encoding passwords, credit cards numbers and other  sensitive date into MySQL, Postgress or other databases. PHP programmers, ASP  programmers and anyone developing on MySQL, SQL, Postgress or similar should find this online tool an especially handy resource.     An MD5 hash is created b...