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♻️ To repeat with changes ♻️ Old idea reused 💻 To recalculate data
to rehash

to rehash

7.5
To recalculate a data hash using a stronger method for better security
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈhæʃ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recalcular el valor hash
  • If the translation is not found in the initial HTEG, the virtual address is rehashed and a secondary HTEG is searched.

Using that hash function you rehash your value X.

Examples

  • Using that hash function you rehash your value X.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • The software will automatically rehash the entry to enhance security measures.

  • I won't rehash it too much; you can read more about what it does on the GitHub page.

    Blog text (9)

  • As for scientists learning to communicate better, that's a good thing in some ways, but there's been rather a lot of misplaced dogmatism in the scientific community in recent years, and I suspect some of that is going to be rehashed with more sophisticated thaumaturgical methods, too.

    Blog text (24)

  • To improve performance, we need to rehash the data using a more efficient algorithm.

  • After making some updates, the application required us to rehash the existing data to fit the new standards.

Surface Forms

rehash infinitive
rehashed past
rehashed past participle
rehashing present participle
rehashes third person singular

Morphology

rehash = hash (semi-transparent) = re + hash

Formally re- + hash is clear, but the sense is domain-specific (computing) and may not be obvious to general learners without technical knowledge.

Etymology

Rehash uses re- 'again' and hash which in computing means 'a short code made from data'. So, to rehash in computing is to make that short code again, for example to use a stronger code or to move entries to new places.