hashing
Americannoun
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Radio. interference of signals between two stations on the same or adjacent frequencies.
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Computers. Also a technique for locating data in a file by applying a transformation, usually algorithmic, to a key.
Etymology
Origin of hashing
Example Sentences
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Hashing out a new long-term extension with Jones would keep him in Kansas City beyond the 2023 season while providing the club with much-needed salary cap relief.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
Hashing out the differences between the two versions could take months.
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2021
Sites such as DC Hashing have a comprehensive list of events taking place, seven days a week.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021
Hashing out questions of equality, he concludes, can be so fraught, so confusing, that the wisest course is sometimes to circumvent them.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020
"How do you know all this?" she demanded, all that dormant fierceness of the female heart Hashing from the depths to the surface.
From The Short Cut by Johnson, Frank Tenney
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