Difference between revisions of "Node (computer science)"

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A node is a basic unit used in computer science.

Nodes are devices or data points on a larger network.

Devices such as a personal computer, cell phone, or printer are nodes.

When defining nodes on the internet, a node is anything that has an IP address.

Nodes are individual parts of a larger data structure, such as linked lists and tree data structures.

Nodes contain data and also may link to other nodes.