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title: "Algorithms wordbook"
source: Awesome Developing (JPH)
source_url: https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/awesome-developing
licence: CC0-1.0
domain: leadership-and-culture
subdomain: jph-awesome-developing
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

# Algorithms wordbook

* [List of algorithms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms)
* [Bcrypt: secure password key derivation function](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt) (cf. Scrypt)
* [MD5: Message Digest Algorithm](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5) (cf. SHA)
* [SHA: Secure Hash Algorithm](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Hash_Algorithm) (cf. MD5) (related: SHA1, SHA2, SHA512, etc.)
* [Scrypt: secure password key derivation function](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrypt) (cf. Bcrypt)
* [Vector clock: for ordering events in a distributed systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_clock)
