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Section 5.8 Glossary

Glossary Glossary

array.
a data structure consisting of an ordered collection of data elements of identical type in which each element can be identified by an array index.
collection.
a grouping of a number of data items (possibly only zero or one) that have some shared significance or need to be operated upon together.
hash table.
a collection consisting of key-value pairs with an associated hash function that maps the key to the associated value.
const (immutable).
unable to be modified.
non-const (mutable).
the ability of an object to be modified.
set.
An unordered data structure consisting of unique, immutable data values.
string.
A sequential data structure consisting of zero or more characters.
vector.
sequence container storing data of a single type that is stored in a dynamically allocated array which can change in size.
word.
unit of data used by a particular processor design.
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