hashkey

plural hashkeys

1. rarecomputingThe key used to locate a value in a hash table or equivalent data structure.

   ...thus minimizing the number of I/Os needed to search through the chain for a single hashkey value.

   2001, Elizabeth O'Neil, Database: Principles, Programming, and Performance

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   Rather than store all the data in some type of sorted order, the data is to be stored and accessed on the basis of a hashkey that is computed by a function...

   1995, Ronald J Leach, Object-oriented Design and Programming with C++

   ...the qualifier would indicate the hashkey that returns the single required object rather than the whole set.

   2002, Andy Carmichael, Dan Haywood, Better Software Faster