Hashvärdets

Hashvärdets is a Swedish term related to the hash value in computing. It is the possessive form of hashvärdet, meaning “the hash value’s” in English. In Swedish technical writing, hashvärdet is the standard noun for the output produced by a hash function, while hashvärdets appears in longer phrases that attribute a property to the hash value, such as hashvärdets integritet (the integrity of the hash value) or hashvärdets jämförelse (the comparison of the hash value). In practice, hashvärdets is not a standalone term but a grammatical form used within noun phrases.

In computing, a hash value is a fixed-length string derived from input data by a hash function. Hash values enable data integrity checks, fast data retrieval, and support for authentication and indexing. They are designed so that small changes to the input produce significantly different hash values, while different inputs are unlikely to produce the same value. However, depending on the algorithm, collisions—situations where two inputs yield the same hash value—can occur, which is a consideration in security and data integrity work. The possessive hashvärdets commonly appears in Swedish prose when discussing specific properties of a given hash value, though native phrasing would typically use constructions like “integriteten hos hashvärdet” for clarity.

See also: hash function, hash value, data integrity, cryptography, checksum.