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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shared memory

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

All processors have the same global image of (and access to) all of the memory.

level

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

All the nodes of a tree with the same depth.

Alphabetical or "dictionary" order. For instance, ordering cities by name rather than, say, by country or population (attributes of the named entity). The exact order, for example A-Za-z vs. aA-zZ ...

ANSI

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

American National Standards Institute.

dictionary

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

An abstract data type storing items, or values. A value is accessed by an associated key. Basic operations are new, insert, find and delete. Formal Definition: The operations new(), insert(k, v, D), ...

priority queue

Computer science; Algorithms & data structures

An abstract data type to efficiently support finding the item with the highest priority across a series of operations. The basic operations are: insert, find-minimum (or maximum), and delete-minimum ...