data structure

1. 1.

   (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)

   Broaderarrangement

   Narrowerhierarchical structure

   computer

Questions about data structure

What does data structure mean?

data structure means "(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)".

Is data structure a common word?

data structure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.