is a series of connected
nodes, where each node is a data
structure.
linked list
can grow or shrink in
size as the program runs
linked list
Insertion and deletion of nodes is
quicker with X than with Y
linked lists
vectors.
each node in a linked list contains one or mode members that represent X and also a Y
data
pointer
linked list is called “linked” because each
node in the series has a X that points to
the next node in the list.
pointer
in declaring a list, what should you do first
declare a data structure that will be
used for the nodes.
head pointer is declared as a X
global variable
head
is automatically initialized to X, which
indicates that the list is Y
0 (NULL)
empty.