hash function
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English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]hash function (plural hash functions )
- (computing ) 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.
Translations
[edit ]type of algorithm
- Catalan: funció resum f
- Chinese:
- Estonian: räsifunktsioon
- Finnish: tiivistefunktio (fi) (cryptography), hajautusfunktio (fi) (data distribution)
- French: fonction de hachage (fr) f
- Icelandic: tætifall n, hakkafall n
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- Vietnamese: hàm băm