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hash collision
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [from the techspeak] (var.: hash clash ) When used of people, signifies a
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confusion in associative memory or imagination, especially a persistent one
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(see thinko ). True story: One of us [ESR] was once on the phone with a
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friend about to move out to Berkeley. When asked what he expected Berkeley
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to be like, the friend replied: Well, I have this mental picture of naked
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women throwing Molotov cocktails, but I think that's just a collision in my
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hash tables. Compare hash bucket.
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