deque

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened from double-ended queue.

Pronunciation

Noun

deque (plural deques)

  1. (computing) A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
    Coordinate terms: list, stack, queue
    This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.
    • 2011, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, David M. Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:
      As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.

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Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English deck.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ
  • Hyphenation: de‧que

Noun

deque m (plural deques)

  1. (nautical) deck (floorlike covering on a ship)
    Synonym: convés
  2. (computing) deque

References

  1. ^ “deque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “deque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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