# Scientists find optimal space-time balance for hash tables

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> Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time | Quanta Magazine.  
> Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found the most efficient possible configuration for it.

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> **[Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time | Quanta Magazine](https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-find-optimal-balance-of-data-storage-and-time-20240208/)**
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> Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found the most efficient possible configuration for it.

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