Define a data structure and its types

Question

Define a data structure. Illustrates the types of data structures?

Answer 1

Data structure:

The scheme of organizing associated information is termed as data structure. The data structure is illustrates as following types:

Lists: It is a group of similar items along with connectivity to the earlier or/and next data items.

Arrays: It is a set of homogeneous values.

Records: It is a set of fields, here each field contain data belongs to one data type.

Trees: It is a data structure where the data is organized within a hierarchical structure. This kind of data structure follows the sorted order of insertion, deletion and modification of data items.

Tables: Data is persisted within the form of columns and rows. These are the same to records, where the manipulation or result of data is reflected for the entire table.