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hash value
[ hash val-yoo ]
noun
, Computers.
- (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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