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Discussion on: Explain Hashing + salting Like I'm Five

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Isaac Lee • Edited

Both terms are inspired from cooking.

A hash, like a hash brown, means something that has been chopped (into bits, heh) and mixed, whereas salt is an ingredient that we add beforehand to make the hash taste better—to make it unique.

Source: my blog :D