The name of a
DictionaryDataStructure (aka: Map) using a
HashTable found in the
JavaLanguage (due to the Hashtable name being taken up by a bad implementation in java version 1, and needing to remain for backwards compatibility).
Sometimes, Java programmers are prone to using the term
HashMap in conversation. What they really mean is
HashTable.
Disagree: the (non-standard, but widely used) C++ hash library that comes with most compilers is called hash_map. It might be the same as
HashTable, but it doesn't mean that using the word
HashMap is invalid. --
JamesAguilar