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2006-09-07 18:38:33 · 3 answers · asked by bunty s 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Are you in Computer Science? Because this is essentially the basis of all computer science, algorithms and data structures.
Since you could have used Google and searched "define:algorithms" and "define:data structures", I'm not going to consider this cheating. But I'm going to explain it for you.
An algorithm is a series of steps or a procedure, a list of commands, a few lines of code, that usually loops to find or is a solution to a problem.
A data structure is a way to store information in a way most efficient. Depending on your situation, you may use different types of data structure, or even a mix of data structures. Eg. Arrays in a LinkedList.
2006-09-07 18:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by johnphan05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
data structure and algorithms are the related to array, union, structure, array-list, sorting, searching and trees all about and the algorithms to tackle those things. these are mainly user defined and make programming tasks more flexible. Try to get books of 'Lipschuz' and also may try to get it from google.
2006-09-07 18:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Reality Bites! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do your own homework.
A data structure is a way of organizing information in memory.
An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure.
2006-09-07 18:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by jacinablackbox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋