Facebook open sources C++ F14 hash table Making fast hash tables in programming, which don't cause collision trouble, is one of computing's holy grails. Facebook thinks it's created a good one.

Facebook has open-sourced the C++ F14 hash table. According to ZDNet, "The F14 resolves collisions (multiple keys that map to the same array index) by double hashing. Up to 14 keys are stored in a ...

In the world of decentralization, distributed hash tables (DHTs) recently have had a revolutionary effect. The chaotic, ad hoc topologies of the first-generation peer-to-peer architectures have been ...