If you imagine a Vec as a collection that assigns an index (0, 1, 2, and so on) to data, the HashMap is a collection that assigns any data to any data. It allows you to map arbitrary, hashable data to other arbitrary data. Hashing and mapping, that's where the name comes from!
Germany
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Canada
Brazil
Singapore
Hungary
Philippines
Mexico
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Lithuania
Norway
Chile
United States
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Ecuador
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Cyprus
Denmark
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Poland
Malta
Czechia
New Zealand
Austria
Turkey
France
Sweden
Italy
Egypt
Belgium
Portugal
Slovenia
Ireland
Romania
Greece
Argentina
Malaysia
South Africa
Netherlands
Bulgaria
Latvia
Australia
Japan
Russia