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multidimensional array

multidimensional array noun: a data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.

Noun

multidimensional array (plural multidimensional arrays)

  1. A data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.
  2. A data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays, all of which may be indexed with values of any data type, usually with a supporting syntax built-into a programming language.
  3. Any abstraction, usually a memory-resident data structure, that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space.

Forms of multidimensional array

pluralmultidimensional arrays

Questions about multidimensional array

What does multidimensional array mean?
Multidimensional array means a data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.
What part of speech is multidimensional array?
Multidimensional array is a noun.
What is the plural of multidimensional array?
The plural of multidimensional array is multidimensional arrays.

Words near multidimensional array in the dictionary

  1. multidigit
  2. multidigitate
  3. multidigraph
  4. multidigraphs
  5. multidimensional
  6. multidimensional array
  7. multidimensional arrays
  8. multidimensionalities
  9. multidimensionality
  10. multidimensionally
  11. multidimensionals

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