linked list

English

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.

Hypernyms

• list

Related terms

• singly linked list, doubly linked list, multiply linked list
• doubly-linked

Translations

data structure

• German: Liste (de) f, verkettete Liste f
• Swedish: länkad lista c