Array - in Computer Science

In Computer Science

Generally, a collection of data items that can be selected by indices computed at run-time, including:

  • Array data structure, an arrangement of items at equally spaced addresses in computer memory
  • Array data type, used in a programming language to specify a variable that can be indexed
  • Associative array, an abstract data structure model that generalizes arrays to arbitrary indices

or various kinds of the above, such as

  • Bit array or bit vector
  • Dynamic array, allocated at run time
  • Parallel array of records, with each field stored as a separate array
  • Sparse array, with most elements omitted, to store a sparse matrix
  • Variable-length array
  • Jagged array, where the rows have different lengths individually

or various related concepts:

  • Array processor, a computer to process arrays of data (not to be confused with a processor array)
  • Array programming, using matrix algebra notation in programs (not the same as array processing)
  • Array slicing, the extraction of sub-arrays of an array

or also:

  • Global Arrays, a library for parallel processing
  • Intel Array Visualizer, a piece of scientific graphics software

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