hash function

English

Noun

hash function (plural hash functions)

1. (computing) 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.

Translations

type of algorithm

Catalan: funció resum f Chinese: Mandarin: 雜湊函數 / 杂凑函数 Estonian: räsifunktsioon Finnish: tiivistefunktio (fi) (cryptography), hajautusfunktio (fi) (data distribution) French: fonction de hachage (fr) f Icelandic: tætifall n, hakkafall n Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: hàm băm