Robert John Jenkins Junior
Encyclopedia
Robert John Jenkins Junior, also known as Bob Jenkins, is a computer
professional and author of several fast pseudorandom number generator
s such as ISAAC
and hash function
s (Jenkins hash
)
Bob Jenkins was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1966.
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
professional and author of several fast pseudorandom number generator
Pseudorandom number generator
A pseudorandom number generator , also known as a deterministic random bit generator , is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers that approximates the properties of random numbers...
s such as ISAAC
ISAAC (cipher)
ISAAC is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator and a stream cipher designed by Robert J. Jenkins Jr. in 1996.- Operation :...
and hash function
Hash function
A hash function is any algorithm or subroutine that maps large data sets to smaller data sets, called keys. For example, a single integer can serve as an index to an array...
s (Jenkins hash
Jenkins hash function
The Jenkins hash functions are a collection of hash functions for multi-byte keys designed by Bob Jenkins. They can be used also as checksums to detect accidental data corruption or detect identical records in a database...
)
Bob Jenkins was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1966.