Glossary

Plain-language definitions of SEO terms used across the blog.

Rainbow table

A rainbow table is a precomputed lookup structure that reverses unsalted hashes back to passwords, trading large storage for near-instant cracking.

Salt

A salt is a unique random value added to a password before hashing, defeating rainbow tables and ensuring identical passwords produce different hashes.

Wordlist

A wordlist is a file of candidate passwords fed to a cracking tool, where each line is tested against a hash — often combined with rules to expand coverage.