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hash table
[ hash tey-buhl ]
noun
- Computers. a data structure in which keys are mapped to values by means of a hash function and the key-value pairs are stored as an array, allowing quick access regardless of the size of the data set; associative array.
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Origin of hash table1
First recorded in 1970–75
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