deque
noun/dɛk/
Etymology Shortened from double-ended queue.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
- This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.
- As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.2011, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, David M. Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218: