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From: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:50:08 -0600
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>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 02:02:10PM -0600, Sami Imseih wrote:
>> > I am OK with moving away from "jumble" in-lieu of something else, but my thoughts are we should actually call this process "fingerprint"
>
>
> I agree fingerprint is the right final word. But "jumble" conveys the *process* better than "fingerprinting".
> I view it as jumbling produces an object that can be fingerprinted.

hmm, "jumble" describes something that is scrambled
or not in order, such as the 64-bit hash produced. It
sounds like the final product.

Fingerprinting on the other hand [1] sounds more of the process
to add all the pieces that will eventually be hashed ( or jumbled ).
hash and jumble are synonyms according to Merriam-Webster [2]

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Sami

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint_(computing)
[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hash