Sentinel node — A sentinel node is a programming idiom used to speed up some operations on linked lists and trees. It refers to a special type of object that represents the end of a data structure. Linked list data structures may use a sentinel object to… … Wikipedia
Sentinel Management Group — is a cash management firm based in Northbrook, Illinois. Sentinel invests for clients such as managed futures funds, high net worth individuals and hedge funds that want to be able to withdraw their cash quickly. Investments include short term… … Wikipedia
Pointer (computing) — This article is about the programming data type. For the input interface (for example a computer mouse), see Pointing device. Pointer a pointing to the memory address associated with variable b. Note that in this particular diagram, the computing … Wikipedia
Associative array — In computer science, an associative array (also called a map or a dictionary) is an abstract data type composed of a collection of (key,value) pairs, such that each possible key appears at most once in the collection. Operations associated with… … Wikipedia
Tagged union — In computer science, a tagged union, also called a variant, variant record, discriminated union , or disjoint union, is a data structure used to hold a value that could take on several different, but fixed types. Only one of the types can be in… … Wikipedia
Infinity — In mathematics, infinity is often used in contexts where it is treated as if it were a number (i.e., it counts or measures things: an infinite number of terms ) but it is a different type of number from the real numbers. Infinity is related to… … Wikipedia
Option type — For families of option contracts in finance, see Option style. In programming languages (especially functional programming languages) and type theory, an option type or maybe type is a polymorphic type that represents encapsulation of an optional … Wikipedia
Stack (data structure) — In computer science, a stack is an abstract data type and data structure based on the principle of Last In First Out (LIFO) . Stacks are used extensively at every level of a modern computer system. For example, a modern PC uses stacks at the… … Wikipedia
Data domain — For other uses, see Data domain (disambiguation). In data management and database analysis, a data domain refers to all the unique values which a data element may contain. The rule for determining the domain boundary may be as simple as a data… … Wikipedia
Stdarg.h — is a header in the C standard library of the C programming language that allows functions to accept an indefinite number of arguments. C++ provides this functionality in the header ; the C header, though permitted, is deprecated in C++.The… … Wikipedia
