The MD5 message-digest algorithm is a widely used hash function producing a 128-bit hash value.
Although MD5 was initially designed to be used as a cryptographic hash function, it has been found to suffer from extensive vulnerabilities.
It can still be used as a checksum to verify data integrity, but only against unintentional corruption.
It remains suitable for other non-cryptographic purposes, for example for determining the partition for a particular key in a partitioned database.
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