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data structure

British  

noun

  1. an organized form, such as an array list or string, in which connected data items are held in a computer

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“HBCU CS students struggle with the most basic of coding, algorithms and data structures,” the document said.

From Washington Post

“It provides data structures that perform low-latency synchronization. Those data structures connect between themselves with a relay service, and that relay service is designed to connect endpoints.”

From The Verge

Brandon Dai, for example, “can focus on detail-oriented, complex, repetitive kinds of work that underlie much of the data structure that go into artificial intelligence and machine learning,” his brother said.

From Seattle Times

Consider Amazon’s 2014 pledge to convert its Amazon Web Services business — the data structures behind much of “cloud computing” — to 100% renewable energy.

From Seattle Times

“For some inexplicable reason, this proposal would tear down just about everything about our current data structure, reversing so much of the progress we made over the past decade,” Mr. Perez wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal