Data Structures in Computer Science

Efficiently organizing and storing data.

Efficiently fetching and storing data using memory addresses.

Through arithmetic operations.

<p>Storing addresses of data items within the structure itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abstract data type.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A number of elements in a specific order, typically of the same type.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Efficiently inserting and removing values without relocating the rest of the list.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Contiguous memory words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aggregate data structure that contains other values.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Linked list</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A data structure is a data organization, management, and storage format chosen for efficient access to data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An abstract data type (ADT) defines the logical form of the data type, while the data structure implements the physical form of the data type.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relational databases commonly use B-tree indexes for data retrieval, while compiler implementations usually use hash tables to look up identifiers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Data structures provide a means to manage large amounts of data efficiently for uses such as large databases and internet indexing services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Efficient data structures are key to designing efficient algorithms because they provide a means to manage large amounts of data efficiently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some formal design methods and programming languages emphasize data structures, rather than algorithms, as the key organizing factor in software design.</p> Signup and view all the answers