A data structure is a data organization, management, and storage format that is usually chosen for efficient access to data. More precisely, a data structure is a collection of data values, the relationships among them, and the functions or operations that can be applied to the data, i.e., it is an algebraic structure about data.
It often goes hand in hand with Algorithms.
With data structures, you can perform 4 primary types of actions:
- Accessing
- Searching
- Inserting
- Deleting
See also: Data structure - Wikipedia
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