data structure (redirected from Structure (computer science))

data structure

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" hierarchical data structure, hierarchical structure - a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure