What hash function yields the shortest output?

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Published on 2010-06-14T18:27:16Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 18:32 UTC
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What is the shortest hash that can be obtained and why? What happens if you try to achieve a shorter one, is there a fixed limit or does it depend on the length of the hashed data and why?

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