Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hashkey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hashkey
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure.

Example Sentences

"Rather than store all the data in some type of sorted order, the data is to be stored and accessed on the basis of a hashkey that is computed by a function..."
"...thus minimizing the number of I/Os needed to search through the chain for a single hashkey value."
"...the qualifier would indicate the hashkey that returns the single required object rather than the whole set."

Etymology

From hash + key.

Inflected Forms

hashkeys (plural)

Questions

What does hashkey mean?: The key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure.
Where does hashkey come from?: From hash + key.

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