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FORK-256 is a hash algorithm designed in response to security issues discovered in the earlier SHA-1 and MD5 algorithms. After substantial cryptanalysis, the algorithm is considered broken. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: FORK-256A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: A handbook of ornament with 300 plates containing about 3,000 illustrations of the elements, and the application of decoration to objectsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Vibration sensitivity testing with tuning fork—256 Hz or 512 Hz?Cited 3 times
- Go sideways: SHA-1A closely related topic
- Go sideways: MD4A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Vibration sensitivity testing with tuning fork—256 Hz or 512 Hz?
Low efficacy using the 256-Hz tuning fork when evaluating the influence of somatosensation in balance control for relatively healthy elderly
Quantum collision search algorithm against New FORK-256
Re – evaluation of Rinne Test with Aluminum Alloy Tuning Fork 256 Hz and 512 Hz
đź“š Books worth reading
A handbook of ornament with 300 plates containing about 3,000 illustrations of the elements, and the application of decoration to objectsFranz Sales Meyer · 1890
Pro GitScott Chacon, Ben Straub · 2009
SystemVerilog for VerificationChris Spear · 2006
History of the Catholic Church in western CanadaAdrien Gabriel Morice · 1910
Relativity in Curved SpacetimeEric Baird · 2007
ZIM UnzippedPaul Cudenec · 2025
The CrucifiedAlfred O'Rahilly · 1985
The Norton Introduction to Fiction--Second EditionJerome Beaty, Richard Connell · 1981
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