shorter key = smaller array = higher chance of hash collision; longer key = bigger array = lower chance of hash collision; Hash table (Hash set) Hash table is a data structure that can be used to implement hash set. Main advantage of hash set is it's O(1) average time complexity combined with O(n) space complexity. More @Wikipedia
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