🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Hash-Schlüssel

Pronunciation / Transliteration: haʃ ˈʃlʏsl̩

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hash key/ˈhæʃ ˌkiː/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Hash-Schlüssel ermöglicht einen schnellen Zugriff auf die Datensätze."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A unique value produced by a hashing algorithm that is used to identify a specific piece of data or entry in a hash table.

    "The database uses a hash key to quickly retrieve user records without scanning the entire table."
  2. 2

    A primary or secondary identifier used to index records in data management systems.

    "Each transaction is indexed by a unique hash key for rapid verification."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'hash' (originating from the Germanic root meaning to chop or hack, later used in computer science for transforming data via a hash function) combined with 'key' (from Old English 'cǣg', denoting an instrument used to lock or unlock). The compound emerged in mid-20th-century computer science with the advent of hash tables and associative array data structures.

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