"associative array" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: associative arrays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} associative array (plural associative arrays)
  1. (computing) An array-like data structure where the indices (called keys) are not limited to integers. Wikipedia link: associative array Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: dictionary (english: data structure), map, symbol table Hypernyms: abstract data structure, array Hyponyms: association list, hash table Translations (An array-like data structure): 關聯數組 (Chinese Mandarin), 关联数组 (guānliánshùzǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), slovník [masculine] (Czech), asociativní pole [neuter] (Czech), bijbehorende matrix [feminine] (Dutch), hakemisto (Finnish), assosiatiivinen taulukko (Finnish), hakurakenne (Finnish), tableau associatif [masculine] (French), dictionnaire [masculine] (French), table d’association [feminine] (French), assoziative Datenfeld [neuter] (German), asszociatív tömb (Hungarian), 連想配列 (rensōhairetsu) (Japanese), 辞書 (jisho) (alt: じしょ) (Japanese), glossarium [neuter] (Latin), index verborum (Latin), tablica asocjacyjna [masculine] (Polish), słownik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), array associativo [masculine] (Portuguese), dicionário [masculine] (Portuguese), tablou asociativ [neuter] (Romanian), слова́рь (slovárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), kamusi (Swahili), словни́к (slovnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mảng kết hợp (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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