antedating of hash (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Caveats: NONE

Hash

OED has 1960: "Computing. An act or process of hashing"

National Association of Accountants. _NAA Bulletin_; May 1958; p 57
[ABI/Inform]

"Oftentimes "hash" totals, which have no other numerical significance,
can be used for control purposes."

OED has nothing for "hashtag" as used on Twitter.


Hash browned potatoes:  OED has 1917


_Huntington [PA] Globe_ 8 Aug 1889 p 4 col 3

[breakfast menu] "brown hashed potatoes"

[Logan OH] _Ohio Democrat_ 30 Aug 1890 p 7 col 3

[recipe] "Hashed Brown Potatoes"

_Wilkes-Barre [PA] Times_ 15 Oct 1901 p 1 col 8

[menu for Hotel Hart] "Potatoes hash browned"
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Caveats: NONE

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