Hashkey

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure. rare

    "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..."

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"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..."

Etymology

From hash + key.

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data structurehash table

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