Amazon interview question

Can two files generate same checksum?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Apr 25, 2020

Can you elaborate more questions

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Anonymous

Sep 16, 2020

Yes, Hash Collisions.

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Anonymous

Feb 19, 2020

Yes

Anonymous

May 14, 2020

Can two files generate the same checksum? Yes, but only if the contents are identical. Even if we change a single word in a Microsoft Word document or a value in an Excel document, the checksum will be different

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