What does “O(1) access time” mean?

Question

I have seen this term \"O(1) access time\" used to mean \"quickly\" but I don\'t understand what it means. The other term that I see with it in the same context is \"O(n) ac

Answer 1

"Big O notation" is a way to express the speed of algorithms. n is the amount of data the algorithm is working with. O(1) means that, no matter how much data, it will execute in constant time. O(n) means that it is proportional to the amount of data.