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list

(data structure)

Definition: A collection of items accessible one after another beginning at the head and ending at the tail.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
bag.

Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
linked list, doubly linked list, circular list, self-organizing list.

Note: A list can be seen as an ordered bag.

Author: PEB


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