Noun
MD5 (plural MD5s)
(cryptography) Initialism of Message Digest 5, a cryptographic hash function.
A few days later, Vlastimil Klima described an improved algorithm, able to construct MD5 collisions in a few hours on a single notebook computer. Source: Internet
Blocksize is 64 (bytes) when using one of the following hash functions: SHA-1, MD5, RIPEMD-128/160. Source: Internet
For example, MD5 and SHA-1 operate on 512-bit blocks. Source: Internet
Algorithm Figure 1. One MD5 operation. Source: Internet
As of 2015, MD5 was demonstrated to be still quite widely used, most notably by security research and antivirus companies. citation Overview of security issues In 1996 a flaw was found in the design of MD5. Source: Internet
For example, file servers often provide a pre-computed MD5 (known as md5sum ) checksum for the files, so that a user can compare the checksum of the downloaded file to it. Source: Internet