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@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ on the key and a per-process seed; for example, "Python" could hash to
to 1142331976. The hash code is then used to calculate a location in an
internal array where the value will be stored. Assuming that you're storing
keys that all have different hash values, this means that dictionaries take
-constant time -- O(1), in computer science notation -- to retrieve a key.
+constant time -- O(1), in Big-O notation -- to retrieve a key.
Why must dictionary keys be immutable?