associative array

English

Noun

associative array (plural associative arrays)

1. (computing) An array-like data structure where the indices (called keys) are not limited to integers.

Synonyms

• dictionary (data structure)
• map
• symbol table

Hypernyms

• abstract data structure
• array

Hyponyms

• association list
• hash table

Translations

An array-like data structure

• Finnish: hakurakenne, assosiatiivinen taulukko (fi)
• French: tableau associatif (fr) m, dictionnaire (fr) m, table d’association f
• German: assoziative Datenfeld n
• Hungarian: asszociatív tömb (hu)
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• Japanese: 連想配列 (rensōhairetsu)
• Polish: tablica asocjacyjna m
• Portuguese: array associativo m
• Romanian: tablou asociativ n