(data structure)
Definition: The counterpart in formal logic of a data structure or class instance in the object-oriented sense. Examples are strings, directed graphs, and undirected graphs. Sets of relational structures generalize the notion of languages as sets of strings.
Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 29-21, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "relational structure", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
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