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Hash (food)

A traditional breakfast dish of chopped potatoes, meat, and onions browned in a frying pan.

First in use: the 1600s
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Hash function

A deterministic mathematical transformation that converts an arbitrary block of data into a fixed-size alphanumeric string.

First in use: c. 1953

Hash / Hash (food) / Hash function

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Corned-beef hash vs. SHA-256.

Which meaning of Hash is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Hash (food) came first (the 1600s). Hash function arrived in 1953. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Hash (food)

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Duplicate · c. 1953

Hash function

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