From: pertti.kellomaki@tut.fi   
      
   John wrote:   
   > [I gather that finding a perfect hash function that runs quickly is   
   > not always easy, and that a slightly imperfect hash, e.g., into a   
   > hash table with no collisions but a few empty slots can often be   
   > a lot faster. -John]   
      
   Is there a technical term for such slightly imperfect hashes?   
   Mathematically it would be an injection I suppose, but I have   
   not seen that term used in connection with hashing.   
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