SHA-256 stands for "Secure Hash Algorithm 256-bit.It's a special tool that takes any piece of information, like a text file or password, and turns it into a unique string of letters and numbers called a "hash." This hash acts like a fingerprint for your data.

Why SHA-256 is so useful:

• No duplicates:SHA-256 is very good at making sure two different pieces of information never get the same hash.
• Secure: SHA-256 is strong encryption and makes it difficult for anyone to tamper the data.
• One-way Encryption: SHA-256 encryption is one way, we can't turn the hash back into the original data.

• Password Encryption: Sha-256 can be used to store user password securely. We can encrypt user password using SHA-256 before storing them.
• Verifying Download: We can use SHA-256 to check the downloaded file for data corruption or tampering.
• Digital Signatures: Can be used to create a "digital signature" for important documents, ensuring they haven't been changed..

Online SHA-256 code generator helps encrypting string to SHA-256 Hash.

• Convert String to SHA-256 from external URL:You can Convert String data to SHA-256 encrypted data by loading from external URL. Click on the URL icon, enter the external source URL, and submit.
• Convert by uploading file: Upload a file from your local drive to convert it to SHA-256 code.
• Platform Compatibility: Our online SHA-256 Hash generator works seamlessly on Windows, MAC, Linux, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
• Sample: Click on the sample data icon to load test data and see its working!!.

• Character set: Tool use UTF-8 as default character set.
• Encode Each Line Separately: Tailor the conversion to your requirements with adjustable options.
• Free & Easy to Use: The encoded data will become a continuous text without any whitespaces, so check this option if you want to break it up into multiple lines. The applied character limit is defined in the MIME (RFC 2045) specification, which states that the encoded lines must be no more than 76 characters long.