MD5

Summary

MD5 is a cryptographic hash function^[1]. MD5 ranks in the top 3% of cryptographic_hash_function entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (878 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• MD5's instance of is recorded as cryptographic hash function^[3].
• MD5's follows is recorded as MD4^[4].
• MD5's has use is recorded as hashing^[5].
• +1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MD5^[6].
• MD5's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04rh0^[7].
• MD5's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 676314^[8].
• MD5's described by source is recorded as Chosen-prefix collisions for MD5 and applications^[9].
• MD5's described by source is recorded as RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm^[10].
• MD5's described by source is recorded as RFC 1810: Report on MD5 Performance^[11].
• MD5's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/md5^[12].
• MD5's different from is recorded as Maryland Route 5^[13].
• MD5's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/993^[14].
• MD5's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as MD5^[15].
• MD5's Quora topic ID is recorded as MD5^[16].
• MD5's Quora topic ID is recorded as 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3^[17].
• MD5's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19619705^[18].
• MD5's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 1.2.840.113549.2.5^[19].
• MD5's ITU/ISO/IEC object ID is recorded as 2.16.840.1.113719.1.2.8.50^[20].
• MD5's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as MD5^[21].
• MD5's Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme is recorded as md5^[22].
• MD5's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as preservation/cryptographicHashFunctions/md5^[23].
• MD5's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as MD5^[24].
• MD5's IPTC NewsCode is recorded as hashtype/MD5^[25].
• MD5's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 157172786^[26].
• MD5's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as md5^[27].

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Designation and Status

MD5's instance of is recorded as cryptographic hash function^[3].

History and Context

+1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MD5^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for MD5 include md5deep^[28], a free software^[29].

Why It Matters

MD5 ranks in the top 3% of cryptographic_hash_function entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (878 views/month).^[2] MD5 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] MD5 is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for MD5 include md5deep^[28], a free software^[29].