"linked list" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: linked lists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} linked list (plural linked lists)
  1. (computer science) A simple linear data structure, each of whose nodes includes a pointer to the next (and sometimes previous) node in the list, enabling traversal of the structure in at least one direction from any starting point. Wikipedia link: linked list Categories (topical): Computer science Hypernyms: list Related terms: singly linked list, doubly linked list, multiply linked list, doubly-linked Translations (data structure): Liste [feminine] (German), verkettete Liste [feminine] (German), länkad lista [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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