Difference between revisions of "Dictionaries"

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Stores a series of Key / Value pairs

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−	~~Dictionaries rely on maintaining~~ a ~~dictionary~~ of patterns within a file. Each pattern can have an ID number, for example, 8 bits would allow 255 patterns to be stored and 16 bits would allow 65535 patterns to be stored. Then you can replace each instance of a known pattern with its ID number. Also, dictionaries are more efficient with larger files.	+	Stores a series of Key / Value pairs