associative array

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)

Japanese: 連想配列 (rensōhairetsu) Polish: tablica asocjacyjna m Portuguese: array associativo m Romanian: tablou asociativ n