2006-11-02 17:48:59 · 3 answers · asked by poornima b 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
the way you store ur data.e.g. array,list,tree,queue
2006-11-02 18:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Demo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A data structure is a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently. Often a carefully chosen data structure will allow a more efficient algorithm to be used. The choice of the data structure often begins from the choice of an abstract data structure. A well-designed data structure allows a variety of critical operations to be performed, using as few resources, both execution time and memory space, as possible. Data structures are implemented using the data types, references and operations on them provided by a programming language.
Different kinds of data structures are suited to different kinds of applications, and some are highly specialized to certain tasks. For example, B-trees are particularly well-suited for implementation of databases, while routing tables rely on networks of machines to function.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/teaching/algorithms-web.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/tree_structure.html
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/data_structure.html
http://docs.python.org/tut/node7.html
2006-11-03 01:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Data structure is a way of storing data.Data can be stored n many ways as arrays(similar type of data),linked lists,trees(hierarchical)
etc
2006-11-03 01:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by aravind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋