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Introduction To Data Structures With Diagrams

The document introduces data structures, emphasizing their importance in real-life applications for first-year engineering students. It covers key data structures including arrays, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs, detailing their characteristics, operations, and practical examples. Each structure is explained with its principles, such as LIFO for stacks and FIFO for queues.

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Introduction To Data Structures With Diagrams

The document introduces data structures, emphasizing their importance in real-life applications for first-year engineering students. It covers key data structures including arrays, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs, detailing their characteristics, operations, and practical examples. Each structure is explained with its principles, such as LIFO for stacks and FIFO for queues.

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Introduction to Data Structures

Why Data Structures Matter in Real


Life
2-Hour Class for First-Year
Engineering Students
Arrays

• 0 10 20 30 40
Collection of elements of same type, fixed size.
• Example: Student marks, Image pixels.
[0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
• Limitation: Insertion/deletion costly.
Stack
Item 4 Push →

Item 3

• ItemOut).
Follows LIFO principle (Last In, First 2
• Operations: Push, Pop, Peek.
Item 1 ← Pop
• Examples: Undo in Word, Browser back button.
• Analogy: Stack of plates.
Queue
Enqueue → Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Dequeue →
• Follows FIFO principle (First In, First Out).
• Operations: Enqueue, Dequeue.
• Examples: Ticket booking, Printer queue, CPU scheduling.
• Analogy: People standing in a line.
Tree
Root

• Hierarchical structure with parent-child relationships.


• Examples: Family tree, File system.
• Operations: Traversals.
L R
Graph

• A B
Collection of nodes (vertices) and connections (edges).
• Examples: Social networks, Google Maps routing.
• Useful for representing relationships and networks.

C D

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