HashMap vs Hashtable

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The Question

What is the difference between HashMap and Hashtable?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• HashMap not synchronized allows null
• Hashtable synchronized no null
• Hashtable legacy Java 1.0
• HashMap faster
• prefer ConcurrentHashMap for thread safety

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