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skip list

skip list noun: a probabilistic data structure that allows fast search within an ordered sequence of elements by maintaining a linked hierarchy of subsequences, with each successive subsequence skipping over fewer elements than the previous one.

Noun

skip list (plural skip lists)

  1. A probabilistic data structure that allows fast search within an ordered sequence of elements by maintaining a linked hierarchy of subsequences, with each successive subsequence skipping over fewer elements than the previous one.
    • Skip list follows a linked list alike structure. However, the worst case time complexity for a search operation in linked list in O(n) as the list is linearly traversed while searching whereas for a skip list it is O(#92;logn).2021, Neeraj Kumar, Arzoo Miglani, Probabilistic Data Structures for Blockchain-Based Internet of Things Applications, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 187

Forms of skip list

pluralskip lists

Questions about skip list

What does skip list mean?
Skip list means a probabilistic data structure that allows fast search within an ordered sequence of elements by maintaining a linked hierarchy of subsequences, with each successive subsequence skipping over fewer elements than the previous one.
What part of speech is skip list?
Skip list is a noun.
What is the plural of skip list?
The plural of skip list is skip lists.

Words near skip list in the dictionary

  1. skip cars
  2. skip day
  3. skip days
  4. skip hoist
  5. skip hoists
  6. skip list
  7. skip lists
  8. skip lorries
  9. skip lorry
  10. skip out
  11. skip printing

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