出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/17 20:20 UTC 版)
A node is a record used to build linked data structures such as trees, linked lists, and computer-based representations of graphs. Each node contains a data field and one or more links to other nodes. The link and data fields are often implemented by pointers or references although it is also quite common for the data to be embedded directly in the node. By forming groups of interlinked nodes, very large and complex data structures can be formed. Nodes are conceptually similar to vertices, which are elements of a graph. Software is said to have a node graph architecture when it's organization consists of interlinked nodes.