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bucket array

(data structure)

Definition: Implementation of a dictionary by an array indexed by the keys of the items in the dictionary.

Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 4-28, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

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