What does “in constant time” imply?

Question

I work as a programmer, but have no computer science background, so recently I\'ve been following along with the excellent MIT OpenCourseWare intro to Computer Science and Progr

Answer 1

The real important thing to consider is how the time scales as a function of the number of elements. In constant time means that the time remains the same no matter how many elements are involved (layman's explanation).