Glossary term
What is Fingerprint (hash)?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Fingerprint (hash)" means: A short code worked out from a file's contents. Files with identical contents get identical fingerprints. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Data Analytics From Scratch: Answer Real Business Questions. Related terms include Regular expression (regex), CSV, Relative path and Decimal.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Fingerprint (hash)?
A short code worked out from a file's contents. Files with identical contents get identical fingerprints. (From Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Fingerprint (hash) mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?
A short code worked out from a file's contents. Files with identical contents get identical fingerprints.
What does Fingerprint (hash) mean in Data Analytics From Scratch: Answer Real Business Questions?
A short code worked out from a file. It changes if even one character changes, so it proves the file is the same.
Where is Fingerprint (hash) taught?
Fingerprint (hash) is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Data Analytics From Scratch: Answer Real Business Questions.
Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring WorkData Analytics From Scratch: Answer Real Business Questions
Which lessons cover Fingerprint (hash)?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 2.4: Find Duplicate Files with a Fingerprint
- Data Analytics From Scratch: Answer Real Business Questions, lesson 2.1: Know Your Source and Protect the Raw File
Which terms are related to Fingerprint (hash)?
Next to Fingerprint (hash) in the course glossaries: Regular expression (regex), CSV, Relative path, Decimal, Path, Reject list, dry run, Formula, Raw data and Personal data.
Regular expression (regex)CSVRelative pathDecimalPathReject listdry runFormulaRaw dataPersonal data
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Fingerprint (hash)?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
- Data Analytics From Scratch: Answer Real Business Questions: You can save and find a file on your computer.