HASH COLLISION

Domain	Definition
Computing	Hash collision n. [from the techspeak] (var. `hash clash') When used of people, signifies a confusion in associative memory or imagination, especially a persistent one (see thinko). True story: One of us [ESR] was once on the phone with a friend about to move out to Berkeley. When asked what he expected Berkeley to be like, the friend replied: "Well, I have this mental picture of naked women throwing Molotov cocktails, but I think that's just a collision in my hash tables." Compare hash bucket. Source: Jargon File.
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Specialty Definition: Hash collision

Hash collision is a term in computer programming for a situation that occurs when two distinct inputs into a hash function produce identical outputs. A hash function is considered "cryptographically secure" if it is computationally infeasible to find any pair of inputs with the same output.

Anagrams: HASH COLLISION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-h-i-i-l-l-n-o-o-s-s"
	-3 letters: collisions.
	-4 letters: collision, colonials, scallions, shalloons.
	-5 letters: alcohols, allicins, colonial, colossal, coniosis, liaisons, salicins, scallion, shalloon, silicons.
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