Data Structure

Data structure is a collection of values, organized for our usage. Each data structure is good and is specialized for its own thing. For example, in real world, we have bag to store books, we have fridge to store foods, etc

• Arrays

• Stacks

• Queues

• Linked Lists

• Trees

• Tries

• Graphs

• Hash Tables

Each data structure has their pros and cons. Some are good at certain operations, while others are good at other operations. What are data structure operation?

• Insertion

• Deletion

• Traversal - access each data item exactly once so that it can be processed (like loop)

• Searching - find out the location of the data item if it exists

• Sorting

• Access - How do we access this data