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deque

/dɛk/

deque noun: a linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.

Noun

deque (plural deques)

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

deque meaning in Tamil

deque in Tamil

இருவழிச் சாரை

Forms of deque

pluraldeques
alternative formdequeue

Origin of deque

Shortened from double-ended queue.

Words that rhyme with deque

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Questions about deque

What does deque mean?
Deque means a linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
What is deque in Tamil?
Deque in Tamil is இருவழிச் சாரை. See Deque meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is deque?
Deque is a noun.
How do you pronounce deque?
Deque is pronounced /dɛk/.
What is the plural of deque?
The plural of deque is deques.

Words near deque in the dictionary

  1. dequantizing
  2. dequaternize
  3. dequaternized
  4. dequaternizes
  5. dequaternizing
  6. deque
  7. dequeen
  8. dequeened
  9. dequeening
  10. dequeens
  11. dequeer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deque (page history and authors); deque (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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