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hash value

[ hash val-yoo ]

noun

, Computers.
  1. (in an algorithmic process) a single integer representing data or information either transmitted or stored, the simplification of which facilitates comparison to integers representative of other information or data sets, also simplified in this way.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hash value1

First recorded in 1965–70

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