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Distributed hash table

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A distributed hash table (DHT), in French "table de hash distribuée", is a technology enabling identification and retrieving, in distributed systems like some P2P networks, of information. The whole table is distributed on every node.

Distributed hash tables are being used in Freenet and Chord.