What are the differences between CHECKSUM() and BINARY_CHECKSUM() and when/what are the appropriate usage scenarios?

Question

Again MSDN does not really explain in plain English the exact difference, or the information for when to choose one over the other.

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Answer 1

Be careful when using CHECSUM, you may get un-expected outcome. the following statements produce the same checksum value;

SELECT CHECKSUM (N'这么便宜怎么办？廉价iPhone售价再曝光', 5, 4102)
SELECT CHECKSUM (N'PlayStation Now – Sony startet Spiele-Streaming im Sommer 2014', 238, 13096)