hash

  1. Noun.  Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. Image:Corn-beef-hash.jpg|thumb|corn-beef hash.
  2. Noun.  A confused mess.
  3. Noun.  The (unsupported, #) symbol (octothorpe, pound).
  4. Noun.  (computing) The result generated by a hash function.
  5. Adjective.  Hashed, chopped into small pieces.
  6. Adjective.  (computing) Of or relating to the process of hashing or hash coding.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
  8. Verb.  To make a quick, rough version.
  9. Verb.  (context, computing) To transform according to a hash function.
  10. Noun.  Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

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