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### Checksums / Fingerprints
Checksums are digital fingerprints: small-sized blocks of data derived from another block of digital data for the purpose of detecting any changes that may have been made. For example, when you download an operating system .iso file, a checksum is listed that looks like: `sha512: 9f923361887ac4b1455bc5ae51c06f2457c6d(continued...)`. You can use [hash functions](https://open.oregonstate.education/defenddissent/chapter/cryptographic-hash/) like sha512 to create fingerprints. Essentially, this mathematical operation converts the 0's and 1's of the file into a unique "fingerprint". Changing a single 1 or 0 results in a completely different fingerprint. It is often important to know if a file has changed, such as when downloading the image file for an operating system. Fingerprints are often used in cryptography (e.g. in certificates or to verify [public keys](/glossary/#public-key-cryptography) in general). [GtkHash](https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/checksums/index.en.html) is a program that allows you to calculate checksums without using a command line interface.
Checksums are digital fingerprints: small-sized blocks of data derived from another block of digital data for the purpose of detecting any changes that may have been made. For example, when you download the [Noisy script](https://0xacab.org/anarsec/noisy), the SHA512 checksum will be: `ed3e1c4012d38300ed2160bddb6ef33d22ffb67036e8f86eb7a45b683b2cd2501e63b2b6a528635cbc098175690ef9cb49598fb6cfe9361c4390bf5cb731272c`. You can use [hash functions](https://open.oregonstate.education/defenddissent/chapter/cryptographic-hash/) like SHA512 to create fingerprints. Essentially, this mathematical operation converts the 0's and 1's of the file into a unique "fingerprint". Changing a single 1 or 0 results in a completely different fingerprint. It is often important to know if a file has changed, such as when downloading the image file for an operating system. Fingerprints are often used in cryptography (e.g. in certificates or to verify [public keys](/glossary/#public-key-cryptography) in general). [GtkHash](https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/checksums/index.en.html) is a program that allows you to calculate checksums without using a command line interface.
### Command Line Interface (CLI)