VDict - Definition of hash collision

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hash collision

programming (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash

to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hashtable.

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."

(1995-01-23)

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