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deque

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Shortened from double-ended queue.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

deque (plural deques)

  1. (computing) A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
    Coordinate terms: list, stack, queue
    This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.
    • 2011, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, David M. Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:
      As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.

Translations edit

double-ended queue — see double-ended queue

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English deck.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ
  • Hyphenation: de‧que

Noun edit

deque m (plural deques)

  1. (nautical) deck (floorlike covering on a ship)
    Synonym: convés
  2. (computing) deque

References edit

  1. ^ “deque” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “deque” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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