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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hashing"

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Word	Definition
hashishnoun	(slang) Marijuana generally.
extendible	(law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.
coalesced	joined together into a whole
hash algorithmnoun	hash function
hash busternoun	(computing) A program or algorithm that randomly adds characters to data in order to change its hash sum, typically to get around spam filters.
zatocodingnoun	(computing, historical) A hash code technique used in some punch card systems.
hash tablenoun	(programming) An associative array implemented as a vector, the indexes into which are the result of applying a hash function to the key.
magic numbernoun	The sum of one and the wins by one team and losses by an opponent necessary for the team to ensure the opponent cannot catch it in the standings by the end of the regular season. In Major League Baseball, with a regular season of 162 games, the magic number M is calculated as M = 163 − W₁ − L₂, in which W₁ is the leading team's current win total, and L₂ is the opponent's current loss total. A magic number of 0 indicates that the trailing team cannot catch the leading team.
digestnoun	That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
distributed hash tablenoun	(computer science) A decentralised distributed system that performs the functions of a hash table.
cuckoo hashingnoun	(computer science) A scheme for resolving hash collisions, using two hash functions instead of one, and allowing a newly inserted key to "kick out" any existing key at the same index.
computingnoun	The use of a computer or computers.
heuristicnoun	A heuristic method.
collision attacknoun	(cryptography) An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force.
huffman codingnoun	(computing theory) An entropy-encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression, involving a variable-length code table derived from the estimated probability of occurrence of each symbol (so that more frequent symbols take less space to store).
computation historynoun	(computer science) a sequence of steps taken by an abstract machine in the process of computing its result.
atomicnoun	(computing) An atomic operation.
computionalitynoun	(rare) The process or means of computing; computational resources.
hacknoun	A tool for chopping.
checksumnoun	(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.