And then hash character takes in any string or character, single character, gives me back a number. Notice what I do.

然后哈希接受任何字符串或字母，单个字符,返回给我一个数字，注意我要做什么。

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The good news is the elements in any one spot in a hash table are likely to be a small number, three, four, five.

好的一点是在哈希表中,任何一个存贮点上的元素数据是很小的,三个，四个，五个。

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The hash number is a device which permits the software evaluating the key to know whether the key has been tampered with since it was last written.

ECONOMIST: Fake ID cards

If the bank finds that the user answers in short order all its many questions correctly, it will transfer to his laptop a cookie which includes an encrypted token, which further includes a key and a "hash number".

ECONOMIST: Fake ID cards

If any one of these things is out of place, or if the hash number no longer properly reflects the state of the encrypted key as recorded on the laptop, then, the user will have to go through the entire process of registering himself on the site, again.

ECONOMIST: Fake ID cards