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What is a SSH key fingerprint and how is it generated?

I always find that I get this message when I ssh into a new machine: 12:f8:7e:78:61:b4:bf:e2:de:24:15:96:4e:d4:72:53 What does it stand for? Will every machine have the same fingerprint every ...