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From Chaos to Order: The Art of Hashing in CS

Hashing in Computer Science

By utilizing a hash function, hashing encodes input data into a fixed-size value (hash). For swift information retrieval, it is implemented in data structures such as hash tables. An efficient lookup is ensured by good hashing, which reduces collisions—the situation in which two inputs result in the same hash.

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