Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures (4th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Data Structures (4th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
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ISBN: 9780134787961
Author: Tony Gaddis, Godfrey Muganda
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20.6, Problem 20.7CP
Program Plan Intro

Queue:

  • The queue is a linear data structure used to store a set of data.
  • The queue is a collection of data that are accessed in FIFO (first-in-first-out) order for performing the operations.
  • A queue is opened at both its ends. One end is for inserting items to the queue and the other end is for removing the items from the queue.
  • The two basic operations performed on queue are,
    • enqueue() – add an item to queue.
    • dequeue() – remove an item from the queue.
  • The queue does not have fixed size.

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