"link/cut tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cut tree [canonical], cut trees [plural]
Etymology: Invented by Daniel Dominic Sleator and Robert Endre Tarjan in 1982. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cut tree (plural cut trees)
  1. (computer science) A data structure that represents a forest (a set of rooted trees) and allows dynamic updates on the tree in logarithmic time. Wikipedia link: Daniel Dominic Sleator, Robert Endre Tarjan Categories (topical): Computer science Synonyms: link cut tree

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