Question 1

What is separate chaining?

Accepted Answer

Separate chaining is a collision resolution technique where each bucket in the hash table stores a linked list of key-value pairs that hash to the same index.

Question 2

What is open addressing?

Accepted Answer

Open addressing is a collision resolution technique where all key-value pairs are stored in the hash table itself. When a collision occurs, the algorithm probes for the next available slot.

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