Tuesday, October 29, 2013

What is data structure? What is Data? Why Data structure is important in computer field???


What is data structure? What is Data?  Why Data structure is important in computer field???

         Let us Assume you completed high school and decided to join college…

        You gathered all  required documents to join the college… and gave it to College.

         College Admin will collect and verify your documents.

        After verification, Admin will store your documents in their document storage area.

       You studied very well in your college days.

        And finally you got the degree.

         After completion of your degree, you are going to meet Admin and asking for your documents.

        Admin will search for your documents in document storage area.

        After finding your documents, Admin will give it to you..

         How Admin found your documents immediately without taking more time???
          Lets see how Admin put your documents in document storage area.
          Rack is arranged by year wise.Each and every rack is divided by row. Each row is allocated to separate department as shown in below. So that admin can take your document whenever u need without any confusion that where to search.
         If suppose you joined CSE department in 2006, admin will go to 2006 rack and select the CSE department row and search for your documents. Definitely admin will get your documents.

             The structure will be vary depends upon the admin/requirement. Above structure will be changed to below. But important is, document should be taken immediately without any delay.

Data Structure:

             Lets talk about data structure. Document storage area in above explanation is data structure. Data structure is the way of storing the data in a manner so that we can access those data easily at  later time.

Data Structure Definition from Wikipedia

            In computer science, a data structure is a particular way of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently.

What is Data?

           In our example, your document is data.

         Lets talk about Gmail Login page  You entered your username as “iampandiyan” and password as ”xxxxxx” and click “Sign In” Button.

          Google will do some operation using with both “iampandiyan” and “xxxxxx” to load your Gmail account.
         Both “iampandiyan” and “xxxxxx” is data. Google should store these data in a structured manner so that Google can search and load your Gmail account properly without taking of more time. Google may maintain the structure like below to store every information/data.
Username
Password
Gmail Account Path
iampandiyan
xxxxxx
Http://google/sessionid:??/
mepandiyan
xxxxxx
Http://google/sessionid:??/
mkpandiyan
xxxxxxx
Http://google/sessionid:??/

Data- Definition

            In Common, Data is a information in raw or unorganized form(such as alphabets, numbers, or symbols) that refer to, or represent, conditions, ideas, or objects.
            In Computer, Data is information processed or stored by a computer. This information may be in the form of text documents, images, audio clips, software programs, or other types of data. Computer data may be processed by the computer's CPU and is stored in files and folders on the computer's hard disk..

Why data structure is important in computer field????

          Lets go back to our example. If suppose admin doesn't use any structure to store students document, what will happen???  Admin collect your documents and through it into the storage area, storage area will look like this.
          Whenever you asking for your documents, What will admin do??? See below image.

            Its difficult to search your document if it is not stored in structured manner. So storing the data is very important. So that u can access it later efficiently.
            If You don’t know how to store/handle the data in your program, you cant write a good program.
            So data structure is very important concept in computer field.

Conclusion::

           I hope you got some understand about What is data structure? What is data?  and Why data structure is important in computer field…. Thanks for your visit to this blog.


Reference:

               Wikipedia
               Techterms.com
               Google Image Search 

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