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Definition: The list of locations which a method for open addressing produces as alternatives in case of a collision.
See also hash table, collision resolution scheme, clustering, uniform hashing.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "probe sequence", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
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