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 (computing)

Nodes may link to other nodes

Nodes may link to other nodes.

See:

• Hyperlink
• Transclusion

See also

• Computer network
• Computer science

External Links

• Node (computer science) @ Wikipedia