DATA STRUCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does data structure mean? 

• DATA STRUCTURE (noun)
  The noun DATA STRUCTURE has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)

  Familiarity information: DATA STRUCTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATA STRUCTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("data structure" is a kind of...):

arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

Domain category:

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data structure"):

hierarchical data structure; hierarchical structure (a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure)

 Context examples 

An associative array data structure that associates keys with values.

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