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Kindergarten-level question :-)
A hash function is something that is computed based on input data. And it only works in one direction. Used... used for a lot of things. For example, to check in draft whether it is the same file or some other one. Why in draft - because unambiguity is not promised by definition.
For example, let the function be the sum of the digits of a number.
Then
1 -> 1
12 -> 3
123 -> 6
24 -> 6
42 -> 6
and so on.
That is, the maximum that can be done is to select the incoming data that will give the desired hash. But there is no and cannot be any guarantee that these data are identical to the original ones.
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