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kbanman on June 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: One way to fix your rubbish password database

The subscript i denotes that the variable belongs to a single user i. The tick at the top is pronounced 'prime' and is used to differentiate between versions or iterations.

Ineffable on June 8, 2012 [–]

Is that called "prime" by most people? I've always heard it just pronounced "dash", as in "s-dash" or "f-dash".

drivebyacct2 on June 9, 2012 | [–]

>Is that called "prime" by most people?

yes.

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