About Hash Functions
MD5 (128-bit)
Fast but not cryptographically secure. Good for checksums.
SHA1 (160-bit)
Deprecated for security. Still used in some legacy systems.
SHA256 (256-bit)
Secure and widely used. Recommended for most applications.
SHA384 (384-bit)
Truncated version of SHA-512. Very secure.
SHA512 (512-bit)
Maximum security for SHA-2 family. Slower but very secure.
Whirlpool (512-bit)
Alternative to SHA. Less common but highly secure.
CRC32 (32-bit)
Fast error-detection code. Not for security purposes.
Adler32 (32-bit)
Faster than CRC32. Used in zlib compression.