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Section 31.13 Vocabulary

binary search tree
A binary tree where values in the left subtree are less than the node and values in the right subtree are greater than the node.
binary tree
A tree in which each node has at most two children.
children
The nodes directly below a given node in a tree.
depth
The number of edges from the root to a given node.
height
The number of edges on the longest path from a node to a leaf.
in-order traversal
A traversal that visits the left subtree, then the node, then the right subtree.
internal nodes
Nodes that have at least one child.
leaves
Nodes with no children.
Node (Tree)
A tree element that stores a value and references to child nodes.
parent node
The node directly above a given node in a tree.
post-order traversal
A traversal that visits the left subtree, then the right subtree, then the node.
pre-order traversal
A traversal that visits the node, then the left subtree, then the right subtree.
root
The top node of a tree, which has no parent.
search tree
A tree organized so that comparisons can efficiently guide search.
siblings
Nodes that share the same parent.
size
The number of nodes in a tree or subtree.
tree
A data structure made of nodes connected by parent-child relationships. Every node in a tree has exactly one parent, except for the root node, which has no parent.
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