This is a 128-bit number usually expressed as a 32 character hexadecimal number.
A freeware utility to calculate the hash of multiple files.
It’s quite easy, we compare different hashes and do not decrypt them. You might ask how we can make use of something that cannot be decrypted. The general difference between these two is that sha1 is generally stronger since it returns a 160-bit fingerprint while md5 is 128-bit.