Algorithms & data structures

Algorithms & data structures

The optimization of programming methods and organization of information to achieve a desired result more efficiently.

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signature

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

The types or domains, and order, in some representations, of inputs to and outputs from a function. For instance, the signature of the C library function strncmp() (compare up to n characters of ...

union

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

The union of two sets is a set having all members in either set.

United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology.

median

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

The value which has an equal number of values greater and less than it. For an even number of values, it is the mean of the two middle values.

mode

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

The value which occurs most often. If no value is repeated, there is no mode. If more than one value occurs with the same greatest frequency, each value is a mode.