associative array

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associative array - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  associative array
  
     <programming> An array where the indices are not just
     integers but may be arbitrary strings.
  
     awk and its descendants (e.g. Perl) have associative
     arrays which are implemented using hash coding.
  
     (1995-02-16)