<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
(	O
LH	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
dynamic	O
data	O
structure	O
which	O
implements	O
a	O
hash	B-Algorithm
table	I-Algorithm
and	O
grows	O
or	O
shrinks	O
one	O
bucket	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
such	O
as	O
Larson	O
's	O
Linear	B-Algorithm
Hashing	I-Algorithm
with	O
Partial	O
Extensions	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
Hashing	I-Algorithm
with	O
Priority	O
Splitting	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
Hashing	I-Algorithm
with	O
Partial	O
Expansions	O
and	O
Priority	O
Splitting	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
or	O
Recursive	O
Linear	B-Algorithm
Hashing	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
extendible	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
splits	O
only	O
overflowing	O
buckets	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
spiral	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
Hashing	I-Algorithm
has	O
also	O
been	O
made	O
into	O
a	O
scalable	O
distributed	O
data	O
structure	O
,	O
LH*	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
fundamental	O
difference	O
to	O
schemes	O
like	O
Fagin	O
's	O
extendible	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Griswold	O
and	O
Townsend	O
discussed	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
linear	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
Icon	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
discussed	O
the	O
implementation	O
alternatives	O
of	O
dynamic	B-Data_Structure
array	I-Data_Structure
algorithm	O
used	O
in	O
linear	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
presented	O
performance	O
comparisons	O
using	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
Icon	B-Language
benchmark	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Algorithm
hashing	I-Algorithm
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Berkeley	B-Language
database	I-Language
system	O
(	O
BDB	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
software	O
systems	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
C	O
implementation	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
CACM	O
article	O
and	O
first	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
Usenet	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Esmond	O
Pitt	O
.	O
</s>
