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        | A mapping from a set of keys to their corresponding values. |  | 
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        | The algorithm used to implement Python dictionaries. |  | 
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        | A function used by a hashtable to compute the location for a key. |  | 
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        | A way of performing a computation. |  | 
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        | Another name for a key-value pair. |  | 
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        | An object that appears in a dictionary as the first part of a key-value pair. |  | 
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        | The representation of the mapping from a key to a value. |  | 
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        | A dictionary operation that takes a key and finds the corresponding value. |  | 
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        | When there are one or more loops “inside” of another loop. The inner loop runs to completion each time the outer loop runs once. |  | 
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        | An object that appears in a dictionary as the second part of a key-value pair. This is more specific than our previous use of the word “value”. |  | 
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