MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DATA STRUCTURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ are ordered collection of data items of the same type referred to collectively by a single name.
A
Index
B
Variables
C
Arrays
D
Elements
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Arrays. Arrays are collections of data items all having the same data type, accessed using a common name and an integer index. In theory arrays can have any ( positive ) number of dimensions, using one additional index for each new dimension.

Detailed explanation-2: -Array: collection of fixed number of components (elements), wherein all of components have same data type.

Detailed explanation-3: -An array is a collection of elements of the same type placed in contiguous memory locations that can be individually referenced by using an index to a unique identifier. Five values of type int can be declared as an array without having to declare five different variables (each with its own identifier).

Detailed explanation-4: -In coding and programming, an array is a collection of items, or data, stored in contiguous memory locations, also known as database systems . The purpose of an array is to store multiple pieces of data of the same type together.

Detailed explanation-5: -Abstract Data Types.-Specification of a set of data and set of operations performed in a data.-Storage for data defined in terms of set of operations to be performed on the data. Algorithms.-Finite set of instructions that specify a sequence of operations to be carried out.

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