An advantage of chained hash table (external hashing) over the open addressing…

1996

An advantage of chained hash table (external hashing) over the open addressing scheme is

  1. A.

    Worst case complexity of search operations is less

  2. B.

    Space used is less

  3. C.

    Deletion is easier

  4. D.

    None of the above

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Correct answer: C

In chained hash tables, deletion is straightforward by removing the node from the linked list. Open addressing requires tombstone markers to preserve probe sequences, making deletion more complex.

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