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Deque

Data Structure

A double-ended queue that supports adding and removing elements from both its front and its back in constant time, generalizing both the stack and the queue into one structure.

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Core Principle
A data structure in which items may be added to or deleted from the head or the tail. 1
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1. deque, Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures, NIST
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A data structure in which items may be added to or deleted from the head or the tail.
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