Checksum - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A checksum is a fixed-size value computed from a file with a hash function (such as SHA-256) that changes if even one byte of the file changes, used to detect corruption or tampering.
In CI
Publishing a .sha256 file next to each artifact lets consumers run sha256sum -c to confirm a download is intact and unmodified before using it.
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