Overview

Course Description

A good algorithm usually comes together with a set of good data structures that allow the algorithm to manipulate the data efficiently. In this online course, we consider the common data structures that are used in various computational problems. You will learn how these data structures are implemented in different programming languages and will practice implementing them in our programming assignments. This will help you to understand what is going on inside a particular built-in implementation of a data structure and what to expect from it.

Important: What are data structures? A data structure is a specialized format used to store, process, and retrieve data. By providing a unique framework for each set of data, these programmatic building blocks streamline information access and management. Data structures typically fall into two overarching categories: linear and nonlinear. Linear data structures involve ordered sequences of elements and offer simple implementation for non-complex programs.

What you'll learn