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Data Structures and Algorithms
Data Structures
Primitive Data Structures
Integers
Integer representation
Binary form
Hexadecimal form
Octal form
Signed vs. unsigned integers
Operations on integers
Addition, subtraction
Multiplication, division
Bitwise operations
Floats
IEEE 754 floating-point standard
Precision topics
Single precision
Double precision
Floating-point arithmetic
Rounding errors
Overflow and underflow
Characters
ASCII and Unicode standards
Character manipulation
Conversion between cases
Character encoding/decoding
Booleans
Logical operations
AND, OR, NOT
Control structures utilizing booleans
Conditional statements
Loop conditions
Non-Primitive Data Structures
Linear Data Structures
Arrays
Characteristics of arrays
Fixed size
Element access time
Operations on arrays
Traversal
Insertion and deletion
Search and sort
One-dimensional arrays
Basic structure and usage
Memory allocation
Multi-dimensional arrays
Two-dimensional arrays
Applications in matrices
Representing grids and tables
Dynamic arrays
Advantages over static arrays
Implementation details
Resizing strategies
Linked Lists
Basics of linked lists
Nodes and pointers
Operations like insertion and deletion
At head
At tail
At specific positions
Singly linked lists
Traversal and searching
Use cases and limitations
Doubly linked lists
Bidirectional traversal
Pros and cons compared to singly linked lists
Circular linked lists
Circular nature advantages
Usage in round-robin scheduling
Stacks
Characteristics of stacks
LIFO (Last In, First Out) nature
Real-world analogies such as piles of plates
Operations on stacks
Push, pop, peek
Stack overflow and underflow
Implementation using arrays
Fixed size limitations
Efficiency in access
Implementation using linked lists
Dynamic size advantage
Performance considerations
Queues
Characteristics of queues
FIFO (First In, First Out) concept
Real-world analogies like queues at ticket counters
Operations on queues
Enqueue, dequeue
Queue front and rear access
Simple queues
Basic functionality
Use in scheduling tasks
Circular queues
Overcoming limitations of simple queues
Efficient space utilization
Priority queues
Element priority considerations
Applications in task scheduling
Double-ended queues (Deques)
Operations at both ends
Applications in complex scenarios
Non-Linear Data Structures
Trees
Characteristics of trees
Hierarchical structure
Terminologies like root, leaf, node, etc.
Binary trees
Basic structure and traversal
Types of binary trees and applications
Binary search trees (BST)
Properties and operations
Insertion, deletion, searching
Balanced vs. unbalanced BST
AVL trees
Self-balancing properties
Rotations required to maintain balance
Red-black trees
Color properties and rotations
Balancing mechanism advantages
N-ary trees
General form and uses
Applications in file systems
Segment trees
Range query optimization
Use in interval management
Trie
String searching efficiency
Use in dictionary implementations
Graphs
Basics and representations
Nodes and edges definition
Directed vs. Undirected graphs
Properties of graphs
Connected, disconnected graphs
Cyclic, acyclic graphs
Graph representations
Adjacency matrix and its properties
Adjacency list and space efficiency
Graph traversal techniques
Depth-first search (DFS)
Breadth-first search (BFS)
Applications of graphs
Network analysis
Finding shortest paths and spanning trees
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