What do you mean by quadratic probing?



What do you mean by quadratic probing?..

Answer / Jitendra Kumar Kanaujia

Quadratic probing is a method used in hash tables to resolve collisions. When a collision occurs, the next empty cell is found by applying a quadratic function to the initial hash value and the current number of unsuccessfully attempted positions.

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