hash length vs. key length

[Sergey <szh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello 

I read, that loop-AES uses for example  
256bit hash of user password for 128bit key algorithm.

How do the 256bits correspond to the smaller key ? Is it a way , that 
it makes any difference vs. using 128 bit hash ?

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