Data Structure

A data structure is a specialized format for organizing and storing data. General data structure types include the array, the file, the record, the table, the tree, and so on. Any data structure is designed to organize data to suit a specific purpose so that it can be accessed and worked with in appropriate ways.

Classification of data structure

Basic Operations

The data in the data structures are processed by certain operations. The particular data structure chosen largely depends on the frequency of the operation that needs to be performed on the data structure.

Traversing : Visiting each element of data structure only once is traversing.

Searching :Finding location of key element ,and return it and if not present display unsuccessful search is searching.

Insertion: inserting element in given list  at given position is insertion.

Deletion: Deleting given element from list is deletion.

Sorting: Arranging elements in particular order is sorting.

Merging: Combining two separate list into one is merging.

These are basic operations performed on data structure.Copy is also one of operations performed on data structure.