But how many developers understand how HashMap works internally? A few days ago, I read a lot of the source code for ...

Randomness is a source of power. From the coin toss that decides which team gets the ball to the random keys that secure online interactions, randomness lets us make choices that are fair and ...

Abstract: In this paper, we firstly construct a new chaotic map by compounding a couple of chaotic maps and, using specific mathematical tools (i.e., Lyapunov exponent), we prove its sensitivity to ...

In the realm of computer science, it’s hard to go too far without encountering hashing or hash functions. The concept appears throughout security, from encryption to password storage to crypto, and ...

Computing practitioners encounter hash functions almost every day, although they may not necessarily be the center of attention. When you install software packages or updates, the authenticity of a ...

As we have seen in previous videos, it happens sometimes that two keys yield the same hash value for a given table size. This is called a “hash collision” or just “collision.” Why do hash collisions ...

If you take a look at your laptop's keyboard, you'll notice that the top row keys have icons printed above, with "F" and a number, like F1, F2, and so on, below each one. These are known as function ...

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