Multiple choice

The situation in internal hashing when the hash field value of a record that is being inserted hashes to an address that already contains a different record is called

  1. open addressing

  2. chaining

  3. multiple hashing

  4. collision

  5. address space

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Collision occurs in internal hashing, when the hash field value of a record that is being inserted hashes to an address that already contains a different record.