Introduction
Explore the fundamental role of data structures in computer science and everyday technology. Understand their efficiency, common interfaces, and mathematical basics, and see how Python classes implement these concepts using practical examples.
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Every computer science curriculum in the world includes a course on data structures and algorithms. Data structures are that important; they improve our quality of life and even save lives on a regular basis. Many multi-million and several multi-billion dollar companies have been built around data structures. The course contains executable programs in Python comprising classes, and sample libraries to demonstrate the working of each data structure and related methods.
Real-world examples
If we stop to think about it, we realize that we interact with data structures constantly.
- Open a file: File system data structures are used to locate the parts of that file on disk so
