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reason enough to fail the interview (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The only definition of hash that I know is an identifier for an object created from that object's data. Everything else stems from that central idea. What other types of hash are there?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it's basically that, but it has different uses - two main things I can think of right away are 1) verifying data when downloading large files and 2) cryptography (e.g. when storing credentials). Oh, and hash tables too.

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Well, but the question wasn't "what is a hash used for", but rather "what is a hash"

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