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Data Structure

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In programming, the term data structure refers to a scheme for organizing related pieces of information. The basic types of data structures include:

  • files
    •
    • lists
  • arrays
    •
  • trees
    •

    Each of these basic structures has many variations and allows different operations to be performed on the data.

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