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[[Category:Encyclopedia]]An array where the indices are not just integers but may be arbitrary stringsdata types. Whereas an [[array]] is typically implemented as many same-sized items stored in a contiguous chunk of memory, an associative array must be implemented via a more complex data structure, such as a hash table, alist, or some other type of map.
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From the* Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, http://foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe
Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
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