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Re:Ask HN: Trying to pin down both algorithm and problem it ... by zardeh on Thursday January 02, 2014 @05:23PM (#7002764)
Are you by any chance thinking of a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter?
Re:Ask HN: Trying to pin down both algorithm and problem it ... by RiderOfGiraffes on Thursday January 02, 2014 @05:25PM (#7002777)
Nice guess, but no - I know the Bloom filter, what it does, its limitations, its strengths, how it works, and how to implement it. It's one of the tools I have to hand already.

But I can see how that nearly matches by description, so it would be a good match. Thanks.