One Concept - Many Names
Imagine an Abstract Datatype which consists of a collection of keys and a collection of values, and where each key is associated with one value. This description or concept I have just given is quite trivial to understand, at least that’s what one might think. What is interesting though is the fact that there are so many names for the same thing:
There are some other prime examples in computer science where this is the case, if you find other interesting examples please feel free to send me an email.