HASHFUNCTION

Hash function

A hash function is any algorithm that maps data of a variable length to data of a fixed length. The values returned by a hash function are called hash values, hash codes, hash sums, checksums or simply hashes.

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hash function

Noun

  1. an algorithm that generates a numeric, or fixed-size character output from a variable-sized piece of text or other data; used in database table queries, cryptography and in error-checking


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