Translation guide
A checksum is a value used to verify data integrity. In Japanese, it is usually referred to with the loanword チェックサム, but related concepts like hash values and check digits have their own terms.
The speaker wants to refer to a checksum in computing or data transmission.
The standard loanword for 'checksum', widely understood in IT contexts.
Please check the checksum of the data.
Explicitly refers to the checksum value itself.
What is the checksum value of this file?
The speaker is talking about a cryptographic hash used for integrity or security.
The speaker means a single digit used to verify a number sequence, like in barcodes or bank accounts.
チェックサム is a general error-detection code, often simple (like a sum). ハッシュ値 implies a cryptographic hash function (like SHA-256). In casual use, they may overlap, but in technical writing, they are distinct.
Checksums are used for error detection, while hash values are used for tamper detection.
This hash was generated with SHA-256.
Calculate the check digit.