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Definition: A node of a tree referred to by a parent node. See the figure at tree. Every node, except the root, is the child of some parent.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 8 February 2006.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "child", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 8 February 2006. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/child.html
