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What are you on about? The first paragraph says hash tables are "widely used" and the second says they are "common".
"Data structures called hash tables" seems to just be a factual statement of what we're dealing with, especially for people who are not programmers.
It just feels bizarre. You wouldn't say something like "a car part called a catalytic converter".
A catalytic converter also might be part of a wood stove. A lay-person may have no idea what a hash table is, or if they are also used in fields other than computer science.
Why would you specify that it's a turbo encabulator, everyone knows they're all turbo.
It feels just as odd to say "a component of fuel consuming engines called a catalytic converter". You're missing the point.