Node (computer science)

A node is a basic unit used in computer science.

Description

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.