hierarchical data structure

1. 1.

   a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure

   Synonymshierarchical structure

   Broaderdata structure

Questions about hierarchical data structure

What does hierarchical data structure mean?

hierarchical data structure means "a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure".

What is another word for hierarchical data structure?

Close synonyms include hierarchical structure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hierarchical data structure a common word?

hierarchical 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.