/hæʃ mæp/
A data structure mapping keys to values using a hash function, providing O(1) average lookup, insert, and delete.
"Using a hash map for the seen nodes set makes the cycle detection algorithm O(n) instead of O(n²)."
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A data structure mapping keys to values using a hash function, providing O(1) average lookup, insert, and delete.
"Hash Map" is pronounced /hæʃ mæp/.
"Using a hash map for the seen nodes set makes the cycle detection algorithm O(n) instead of O(n²)."
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