What Is the Difference Between an Abstract Data Type(Adt) and a Data Structure? [Closed]
I Have Found Books and Online Resources Use Both Terms Interchangeably Wihout Showing Much Explicit Distinction. 4 1 Answer This May Help: to Put It Simple...
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I have found books and online resources use both terms interchangeably wihout showing much explicit distinction.
This may help:
To put it simple, ADT is a logical description and data structure is concrete. ADT is the logical picture of the data and the operations to manipulate the component elements of the data. Data structure is the actual representation of the data during the implementation and the algorithms to manipulate the data elements. ADT is in the logical level and data structure is in the implementation level.
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