🔐 Hashing Project – Java Implementation

This Java project demonstrates multiple hashing techniques using open addressing and separate chaining to resolve collisions. The program reads a list of words from a file and stores them in a hash table using your selected technique.

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💡 What is Hashing?

Hashing is a data storage technique that maps data (like a word or number) to a specific location in a hash table using a hash function.

Why is Hashing important?

• 🔍 Extremely fast data access (ideally O(1))
• 📦 Used in real-world systems like caches, databases, symbol tables
• 🔐 Plays a major role in encryption, password hashing, and file deduplication

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📌 How the Project Works

1. 🔄 The program reads words from Words.txt using FileReader.java.

2. 🧮 For each word, it computes the hash index using this function in HashFunctions.java:

int hash = word.chars().sum() % tableSize;

🚀 How to Run

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mennadevhub/Hashing-Project.git