data structure
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data structure
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(Computer Science) an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer
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| Noun | 1. | data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" hierarchical data structure, hierarchical structure - a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
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