hashkey

The key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure.

Noun

  1. The key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure.
    • 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... - 1995, Ronald J Leach, Object-oriented Design and...
    • ...thus minimizing the number of I/Os needed to search through the chain for a single hashkey value. - 2001, Elizabeth O'Neil, Database: Principles, Programming, and Performance:
    • ...the qualifier would indicate the hashkey that returns the single required object rather than the whole set. - 2002, Andy Carmichael, Dan Haywood, Better Software Faster:

Origin

From hash + key.

Forms

hashkeys