<p>Probably this may help you. May not cover all but I found this as a great place to start. <a href="http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/" rel="nofollow">http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/</a></p>

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2011-02-04T13:20:40.677Z
This is about hashing in relation to cryptography, rather than information retrieval.
Dave Clarke
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2011-02-04T13:02:14.007Z
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Sai Venkat
<p>I  recently finished my bachelors and now work on Cross-lingual language  search. I want to get started in hashing and see how they are useful  in information retrieval. (Yes, I know what hashing is), but there are so many methods and all of them  sound  pretty fascinating,  so it will be awesome to have a list of resources, which can be referred to,  starting from absolute newbie level to the current state-of-the art. </p>

<p><em>Please don't refer me to something like a Knuth because while Knuth is pretty awesome, it is not what i am looking for.</em></p>

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2011-02-04T12:44:15.717Z
You might have more success asking your question on http://metaoptimize.com/qa/, which is devoted to machine learning.
Dave Clarke
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2011-02-04T13:21:34.047Z
Thanks, let me try it there.    Yup , i did know about metaoptimize but  i was more hopeful here too :)
crazyaboutliv
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2011-02-04T17:22:58.003Z
i asked on metaoptimize but i don't think i am gonna get any answers as such :( .  Thanks,  either way.
crazyaboutliv
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2011-02-04T17:36:01.420Z
(1) Please be specific in why Knuth does not satisfy your needs.  It seems to me that what you really need is a general introduction to data structures, not specifically to hashing, so Knuth seems one of the very appropriate answers.  (2) Please add a link to your crosspost on MetaOptimize.  Hiding the crossposted question is not good.
Tsuyoshi Ito
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1. I said Knuth only because i need to know about hashing in general and in a concise way and then only know about how hashing is used  in Information retrieval. Knuth is vast and  exhaustive and due to time constraints, i am not  asking for it. 2.  I did not know that not posting the link is bad. Here,  http://bit.ly/efZ5yw
crazyaboutliv
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2011-03-08T13:36:38.757Z
I do not understand what is the question. (In particular, I see no question mark.)
Radu GRIGore
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Getting started with Hashing for Information retrieval
crazyaboutliv
# Getting started with Hashing for Information retrieval

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-02-04)

I recently finished my bachelors and now work on Cross-lingual language search. I want to get started in hashing and see how they are useful in information retrieval. (Yes, I know what hashing is), but there are so many methods and all of them sound pretty fascinating, so it will be awesome to have a list of resources, which can be referred to, starting from absolute newbie level to the current state-of-the art.

*Please don't refer me to something like a Knuth because while Knuth is pretty awesome, it is not what i am looking for.*

**Tags:** ds.data-structures, hash-function, db.databases

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You might have more success asking your question on http://metaoptimize.com/qa/, which is devoted to machine learning.  
> **username_0**: Thanks, let me try it there.    Yup , i did know about metaoptimize but  i was more hopeful here too :)  
> **username_0**: i asked on metaoptimize but i don't think i am gonna get any answers as such :( .  Thanks,  either way.  
> **username_2**: (1) Please be specific in why Knuth does not satisfy your needs.  It seems to me that what you really need is a general introduction to data structures, not specifically to hashing, so Knuth seems one of the very appropriate answers.  (2) Please add a link to your crosspost on MetaOptimize.  Hiding the crossposted question is not good.  
> **username_0**: 1. I said Knuth only because i need to know about hashing in general and in a concise way and then only know about how hashing is used  in Information retrieval. Knuth is vast and  exhaustive and due to time constraints, i am not  asking for it. 2.  I did not know that not posting the link is bad. Here,  http://bit.ly/efZ5yw  
> **username_3**: I do not understand what is the question. (In particular, I see no question mark.)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2011-02-04. Score: 1

Probably this may help you. May not cover all but I found this as a great place to start. <http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/>

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is about hashing in relation to cryptography, rather than information retrieval.  

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