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DATA STRUCTURE
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I. (noun)
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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)