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Re:Dual_EC_DRBG backdoor: a proof of concept by X-Istence on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @11:56AM (#6995469)
"an hashing algorithm" is also valid as a way to say "one hashing algorithm".

I find myself adding a "n" to "a" quite a bit since a lot of times it seems to flow better than using "a".

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Re:Dual_EC_DRBG backdoor: a proof of concept by StavrosK on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @12:10PM (#6995514)
Only if you don't pronounce the "h", which is pretty nonstandard.
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Re:Dual_EC_DRBG backdoor: a proof of concept by DougBTX on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @12:37PM (#6995602)
"An" can also be used if the first letter is an h and the first syllable is unstressed (an historical event is the example on the Wikipedia page), but, I'm pretty sure the h in hashing is in a stressed syllable, so that doesn't count either.
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