data structure

data structure
An organization in software of data that allows more optimal searching, categorizing, or storage of information.

Examples: matrix, stack, queue, dequeue, list, vector, scene graph.


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  • Disjoint-set data structure — In computing, a disjoint set data structure is a data structure that keeps track of a set of elements partitioned into a number of disjoint (nonoverlapping) subsets. A union find algorithm is an algorithm that performs two useful operations on… …   Wikipedia

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