Where are people learning that "hashmap" means associative array? It's obviously...

globular-toast on Jan 12, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Today I learned that bash has hashmaps (2024)

Where are people learning that "hashmap" means associative array? It's obviously an easier word so I can see the natural language preferring that. Is this common? I can see it causing some communication problems when the details are important.