Initialize Method
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SHA256Managed.Initialize Method

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Initializes an instance of SHA256Managed.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Overrides Sub Initialize

The hash is used as a unique value of fixed size representing a large amount of data. Hashes of two sets of data should match if and only if the corresponding data also matches. Small changes to the data result in large unpredictable changes in the hash.

The hash size for the SHA256Managed algorithm is 256 bits.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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