Usually means: Greatest divisor shared by numbers.
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Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. highest common factor: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  2. highest common factor: Encyclopedia

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  1. highest common factor: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Highest common factor)

noun:  Alternative form of greatest common divisor [(arithmetic, number theory) The largest positive integer (respectively polynomial, element of a given ring) that is a divisor of each of a given set of integers (respectively polynomials, elements of a given ring).]

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