deque

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English

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Etymology

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Shortened from double-ended queue.

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Noun

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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.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English deck.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ
  • Hyphenation: de‧que

Noun

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deque m (plural deques)

  1. (nautical) deck (floorlike covering on a ship)
    Synonym: convés
  2. (computing) deque

References

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  1. ^ deque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ deque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024