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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def short_token():
 """ Generate a hash that can be used as an application identifier """

    hash = hashlib.sha1(shortuuid.uuid())
    hash.update(settings.SECRET_KEY)
    return hash.hexdigest()[::2]