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1 # Hashmaps 2 3 A *hash map* allows you to associate a value with a particular key. 4 You may also know this by the names [*unordered map* in C++](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container/unordered_map), 5 [*dictionary* in Python](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries) or an *associative array* in other languages. 6 7 This is the other data structure that we've been talking about before, when 8 talking about Vecs. 9 10 ## Further information 11 12 - [Storing Keys with Associated Values in Hash Maps](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch08-03-hash-maps.html)