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Section 3.19 Summary

  • Linear data structures maintain their data in an ordered fashion.
  • Stacks are simple data structures that maintain a LIFO, last-in first-out, ordering.
  • The fundamental operations for a stack are push, pop, and empty.
  • Queues are simple data structures that maintain a FIFO, first-in first-out, ordering.
  • The fundamental operations for a queue are push, pop, and empty.
  • Prefix, infix, and postfix are all ways to write expressions.
  • Stacks are very useful for designing algorithms to evaluate and translate expressions.
  • Stacks can provide a reversal characteristic.
  • Queues can assist in the construction of timing simulations.
  • Simulations use random number generators to create a real-life situation and allow us to answer “what if” types of questions.
  • Deques are data structures that allow hybrid behavior like that of stacks and queues.
  • The fundamental operations for a deque are push_front, push_back, pop_front, pop_back, and empty.
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