# avalanche effect

> desirable property of cryptographic algorithms, typically block ciphers and cryptographic hash functions, wherein if an input is changed slightly, the output changes significantly

**Wikidata**: [Q1208241](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208241)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_effect)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013