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recursive data structure
A data structure that is partially composed of smaller or simpler instances of the same data structure. For instance, a tree is composed of smaller trees (subtrees) and leaf nodes, and a list may have other lists as elements.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Computer science
- Category: Algorithms & data structures
- Government Agency: NIST
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