Hash

What “Hash” means

Noun

1. Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
2. A confused mess.
3. The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
4. The result generated by a hash function.
5. One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.

Verb

1. To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
2. To make a quick, rough version.
3. To transform according to a hash function.
4. To make a mess of (something); to ruin.
5. Ellipsis of hash noise.

Noun

1. Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Where the word comes from

From French hacher (“to chop”), from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache (“axe”), from Frankish *happjā (“axe”). Compare also Old English ġehæċċa (“sausage meat”, literally “that which is hacked or chopped up”).

Clipping of hashish.

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Industries where “Hash” fits

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• Blockchain Startup