hashkey

English

Etymology

hash +‎ key

Pronunciation

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Noun

hashkey (plural hashkeys)

1. (computing, rare) The key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure.
   • 1995, Ronald J Leach, Object-oriented Design and Programming with C++:

     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...

   • 2001, Elizabeth O'Neil, Database: Principles, Programming, and Performance:

     ...thus minimizing the number of I/Os needed to search through the chain for a single hashkey value.

   • 2002, Andy Carmichael, Dan Haywood, Better Software Faster:

     ...the qualifier would indicate the hashkey that returns the single required object rather than the whole set.