hash collision
(Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash
to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a {hash
table}.
{ESR} once asked a friend what he expected Berkeley to be
like. The friend replied, "Well, I have this mental picture
of naked women throwing Molotov cocktails, but I think that's
just a collision in my hash tables."
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-01-23)