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Re:BlurHash: Algorithm to generate compact representation of... by dahart on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:50AM (#22375416)
A hash is any function that produces a fixed size output. It’s not required to be one-way, or to even change the input. You might be thinking of a “good cryptographic” hash. For that, it’s desirable to be one-way and to scramble the input, but that’s a specific subset of hash functions.

Edit: to the downvoter, please have a look through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function

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