Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hash function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: hash -func-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

hash functions (plural)

Questions

What does hash function mean?: 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.

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