multidimensional array

noun

A data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.

Meanings

nounmultidimensional array (plural multidimensional arrays)

plural multidimensional arrays

  1. computerA data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.
  2. computerA data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays, all of which may be indexed with values of any data type, usually with a supporting syntax built-into a programming language.
  3. computerAny abstraction, usually a memory-resident data structure, that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space.

Translations

German mehrdimensionales Datenfeld, mehrdimensionales Datenfeld
  • mehrdimensionales Datenfelddata structure consisting of a vector of vectors
  • mehrdimensionales Datenfelddata structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays
  • mehrdimensionales Datenfeldabstraction that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space
Japanese 多次元配列, 多次元配列
  • 多次元配列 (tajigenhairetsu)data structure consisting of a vector of vectors
  • 多次元配列 (tajigenhairetsu)data structure that has the semantics of an array of arrays
  • 多次元配列 (tajigenhairetsu)abstraction that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space
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