data structure

Other forms: data structures

Definitions of data structure
  1. noun
    (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
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    types:
    hierarchical data structure, hierarchical structure
    a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure
    type of:
    arrangement, organisation, organization, system
    an organized structure for arranging or classifying
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