Introduction to fundamentals of algorithms

Question 1

What is a data structure?

Answer 1

An organization of data to solve a problem at hand

Question 2

What is an algorithm?

Answer 2

Algorithm is a step by step procedure , which defines a set of instructions to be executed in a certain order to get the desired output.

Question 3

3 examples for primitive data structures

Answer 3

• integer
• float
• char
• pointers

Question 4

3 examples for non primitive data structures

Answer 4

• arrays
• lists
• files