tarkiste — meaning in English

English meaning

• checksum noun A number worked out from a set of data and used to check whether the data has been altered or corrupted.
• hash noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.

Senses

tarkiste is used for these senses in English:

• checksum (mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.
• hash (computing) The result generated by a hash function.

checksum — full definition

1. noun A number worked out from a set of data and used to check whether the data has been altered or corrupted.
2. verb To calculate a checksum for a piece of data.

hash — full definition

1. noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
2. noun A confused, jumbled mess.
3. noun The # symbol.
4. noun In computing, the fixed-length code produced by feeding data through a hash function.
5. noun Informal short form of hashish.

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