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Table of Contents
1 - About
2 - Articles Related
3 - Data Structure and Algorithm
4 - Documentation / Reference

1 - About
A data structure is the static format of data whereasdata typeis the runtime representation in
code. The two are synonym.

Structured data has aschemadefining its structure.

In computer science, a data structure is a particular way of organizing data in a computer so

that it can be used efficiently.
Wikipedia

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures
and their relationships.
Linus Torvalds

Example:

Data Type - (Primitive|Native|Built-in)

Rows and columns (Matrix, Table)
Nodes and edges
Commit Log
key-value pairs
sequence ofbytes
.

You will not find language data structure in this section such as:

Markup Language (ML)(Xml, Json)

Procedural language

See also:

Perfcounter (Performance Metrics) - (Operational|Machine) data

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The clarity of examples, and the softwares decipherability and debuggability in the real
world, are likely far more important. Form must communicate function.
Mike Bostocks

2 - Articles Related
(Data) Type - (Datatype|Type of data)
Parallel programming - Semaphore
Dark Data
(Data|State) Management and Processing
Color
Data Warehouse - Staging Area
(TimesTen|TT) (In-Memory Database|IMDB)
File System - File Descriptor or Handle (Open File)
File (System, Transfer, Storage)
ODBC - DSN (data source name)

3 - Data Structure and Algorithm

Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java
(Python,Php,...)
Pure functional data structures(PDF)

4 - Documentation / Reference
List of data structures

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