Glossary
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| Algorithm | A finite step-by-step procedure to achieve a required result | ||||
| Algorithmics | A branch of computer science that consists of designing and analyzing computer algorithms | ||||
| Time complexity | An expression of the number of steps needed as a function of the problem size | ||||
| Recursion | Solves a problem by reducing it to a simpler problem of the same kind | ||||
| Dynamic programming | Solves a problem by always remembering answers to the sub-problems already solved | ||||
| Searching | A process of finding a particular item in a collection of items | ||||
| Linear search | A search that sequentially looks for an item in a collection from beginning to the end | ||||
| Binary search | A search based on divide and conquer strategy | ||||
| Binary tree | A tree made of nodes, where each node contains a “left” pointer, a “right” pointer, and a data element | ||||
| Binary search tree (BST) | A type of binary tree where the nodes are arranged in order, that is, for each node all keys in its left sub-tree are less-or-equal to its key and all the keys in its right sub-tree are greater than its key | ||||
| In-order traversal (Walk) | A BST walk that recursively prints the BST keys in monotonically increasing order | ||||
| Red-black trees | A variant of BST that ensure that the tree is balanced, that is, its height is O(lg n), where n is the number of nodes | ||||
| Heap | A specific tree based data structure in which all the nodes of tree are in a specific order | ||||
| Sorting | A process that puts elements of a collection such as array or list in a certain order | ||||
| Hashing | A process of converting large keys into small ones using a hash function | ||||
| Hash table | A data structure that stores a key/value pair | ||||
| Graph | A data structure represented as a collection of finite sets of vertices and edges | ||||