Linked list
noun
1.
(computing) a list in which each item contains both data and a pointer to one or both neighbouring items, thus eliminating the need for the data items to be ordered in memory
programming
A data structure in which each element contains a pointer to the next element, thus forming a linear list.
A doubly linked list contains pointers to both the next and previous elements.
(1995-03-28)
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