Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24, Problem 12E
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Open hashing and close hashing:

  • Hashing is used for faster retrieval of data items.
  • Open hashing is used to put keys having identical hash function values in various buckets.
  • Closed hashing is used to put key having identical hash function in a single bucket.

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Merits of open hashing:

  • Open hashing method is more efficient to use in small set of data and static data.
  • Open hashing provides an efficient way for data access.
  • Symbol table is the example for open hashing.

Merits of close hashing:

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