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Name :   David Mertz, et al.
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Post Date :   9/27/2005

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Glossary Term :  Hash
Definition :  
Comment :  [Replace the first sentence with:] An algorithm that maps a bit string of arbitrary length to another bit string, usually shorter and of fixed length.

Explanation: Hashes are not necessarily fixed-length (e.g. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=966341 ).