"data structure" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-data structure.ogg [US] Forms: data structures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} data structure (plural data structures)
  1. (computer science) Any form of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be accessed efficiently. Categories (topical): Computer science Related terms: abstract data type Translations (organization of data): estructura de dades [feminine] (Catalan), 數據結構 (Chinese Mandarin), 数据结构 (shùjù jiégòu) (Chinese Mandarin), datastruktur (Danish), gegevensstructuur (Dutch), datastructuur [feminine] (Dutch), andmestruktuur (Estonian), tietorakenne (Finnish), structure de donnée [feminine] (French), Datenstruktur [feminine] (German), δομή δεδομένων (domí dedoménon) [feminine] (Greek), מבנה נתונים [masculine] (Hebrew), struktur data (Indonesian), データ構造 (dēta kōzō) (alt: でーたこうぞう) (Japanese), 자료 구조 (jaryo gujo) (Korean), пода́точна структу́ра (podátočna struktúra) [feminine] (Macedonian), datastruktur [masculine] (Norwegian), struktura danych [feminine] (Polish), estrutura de dados [feminine] (Portuguese), structură de date [feminine] (Romanian), структу́ра да́нных (struktúra dánnyx) [feminine] (Russian), podatkovna struktura [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), estructura de datos [feminine] (Spanish), datastruktur [common-gender] (Swedish), cấu trúc dữ liệu (Vietnamese)

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