linked list

noun

linked list

noun
1

Computer, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Science, Sciences A simple linear data structure, each of whose nodes includes a pointer to the next (and sometimes previous) node in the list, enabling traversal of the structure in at least one direction from any starting point.

Related terms
singly linked list, doubly linked list, multiply linked list, doubly-linked
Hypernyms
list

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