lists

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lists - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

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     <data> A data structure holding many values, possibly of
     different types, which is usually accessed sequentially,
     working from the head to the end of the tail - an "ordered
     list".  This contrasts with a (one-dimensional) array, any
     element of which can be accessed equally quickly.
  
     Lists are often stored using a cell and pointer arrangement
     where each value is stored in a cell along with an associated
     pointer to the next cell.  A special pointer, e.g. zero, marks
     the end of the list.  This is known as a (singly) "linked
     list".  A doubly linked list has pointers from each cell to
     both next and previous cells.
  
     An unordered list is a set.
  
     (1998-11-12)