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- `sha3(...) returns (bytes32)`: compute the Ethereum-SHA3 hash of the (tightly packed) arguments
- `sha256(...) returns (bytes32)`: compute the SHA256 hash of the (tightly packed) arguments
- `ripemd160(...) returns (bytes20)`: compute RIPEMD of 256 the (tightly packed) arguments
-- `ecrecover(bytes32, uint8, bytes32, bytes32) returns (address)`: recover public key from elliptic curve signature
+- `ecrecover(bytes32, uint8, bytes32, bytes32) returns (address)`: recover address associated with the public key from elliptic curve signature
- `addmod(uint x, uint y, uint k) returns (uint)`: compute `(x + y) % k` where the addition is performed with arbitrary precision and does not wrap around at `2**256`.
- `mulmod(uint x, uint y, uint k) returns (uint)`: compute `(x * y) % k` where the multiplication is performed with arbitrary precision and does not wrap around at `2**256`.
- `this` (current contract's type): the current contract, explicitly convertible to `address`