[Python-checkins] bpo-33957: Doc: Use better wording (GH-7912)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/829b7669f070a6228bba5c7a10a05b12891a95fd
commit: 829b7669f070a6228bba5c7a10a05b12891a95fd
branch: 3.7
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date: 2018-06-26T01:47:10-07:00
summary:

bpo-33957: Doc: Use better wording (GH-7912)

(cherry picked from commit 866c168a5f9330d8a3ae109fa8baab2509f35cc7)

Co-authored-by: Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy (శ్రీనివాస్ రెడ్డి తాటిపర్తి) <srinivasreddy at users.noreply.github.com>

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M Doc/faq/design.rst

diff --git a/Doc/faq/design.rst b/Doc/faq/design.rst
index edc9c12aecfa..c2bf37a7a82e 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/design.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/design.rst
@@ -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?



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