deque

English

Alternative forms

• dequeue

Etymology

Shortened from double-ended queue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: deck

Noun

deque (plural deques)

1. (computing) A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.

   Coordinate terms: list, stack, queue

   This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.

   • 2011, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, David M. Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:

     As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.

Translations

double-ended queue — see double-ended queue

Further reading

• deque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia