"multidimensional array" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: multidimensional arrays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} multidimensional array (plural multidimensional arrays)
  1. (programming) A data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion. Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: array
    Sense id: en-multidimensional_array-en-noun-8YfDrvq8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 40 35 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  2. (programming) A data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays, all of which may be indexed with values of any data type, usually with a supporting syntax built-into a programming language. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays): mehrdimensionales Datenfeld [neuter] (German), 多次元配列 (tajigenhairetsu) (alt: たじげんはいれつ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-multidimensional_array-en-noun-iFDbgDV0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 40 35 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays': 24 43 33
  3. (programming) Any abstraction, usually a memory-resident data structure, that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (abstraction that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space): mehrdimensionales Datenfeld [neuter] (German), 多次元配列 (tajigenhairetsu) (alt: たじげんはいれつ) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-multidimensional_array-en-noun-LW7whwfZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 40 35 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'abstraction that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space': 27 12 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (data structure consisting of a vector of vectors): mehrdimensionales Datenfeld [neuter] (German), 多次元配列 (tajigenhairetsu) (alt: たじげんはいれつ) (Japanese)
Disambiguation of 'data structure consisting of a vector of vectors': 35 34 31

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