Question

What is a collision in a hash function?(2 points)
Responses

There are few outputs, but a lot of inputs.
There are few outputs, but a lot of inputs.

2 inputs map to the same output
2 inputs map to the same output

There are few inputs, but a lot of outputs.
There are few inputs, but a lot of outputs.

2 outputs come from the same input
2 outputs come from the same input

Answer 1

Correct! A collision in a hash function refers to the scenario where two different inputs produce the same output value. This can lead to issues in data retrieval and data integrity in hash tables.