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Specialty Expressions: HASH COLLISION

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Hash collisionComputingHash collision (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table. ESR once asked a friend 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." [Jargon File] (1995-01-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
Hash collisionComputingHash 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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