What is a hash function ?
Answer / ruqsana nazneen
Its a mathematical function for turning the data in a
relatively small integer and that can be used to serve as
index into an array. The value returned by this hash
function is called as hash values, hash codes or hashes.
These hash functions are used to speed up the table look up
or data comparision.
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