What Does Hash List Mean?
A hash list is simply a set of hash values related to sets of data items linked together in a file or folder system or some other connective array format. Hash lists are used to analyze data in a database or other environment, to access one or more of these items, to assess the size of an array, or for other investigative purposes.
Techopedia Explains Hash List
In a basic sense, a “hash” is simply the connection of a data set of arbitrary size to another usually smaller data set of a fixed size. Hashes allow for smaller storage tools, and other efficiencies. A hash list shows how a set of hash values are related: how they collectively work to store data from a given “block” or unified collection. For example, if there are ten first and last names in a database table, hashed to ten integers, the hash list would be the set of ten integers representing the totality of the original information.
