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distributed hash tables

distributed hash tables is the plural of distributed hash table.

Meaning of distributed hash table

Noun

distributed hash table (plural distributed hash tables)

  1. A decentralised distributed system that performs the functions of a hash table.
    • The distributed hash table is a parallelization of the hash table obtained by dividing the table into subtables of equal size and allocating them to the processors. […] We also discuss communication overheads, and find that, in the case of mesh multicomputers, unless the network channel bandwidth...1992, Nobuyuki Ichiyoshi, Konighi Komura, Asymptotic Load Balance of Distributed Hash Tables, Institute for New Generation Computer Technology staff (editors), FGCS '92: Fifth Generation Computer...
    Synonyms:
    DHT

Questions about distributed hash tables

What is distributed hash tables the plural of?
Distributed hash tables is the plural of distributed hash table.

Words near distributed hash tables in the dictionary

  1. distributary
  2. distribute
  3. distributed
  4. distributed computing
  5. distributed hash table
  6. distributed hash tables
  7. distributed ledger
  8. distributed ledgers
  9. distributed ray tracing
  10. distributedly
  11. distributedness

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