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Dequeue vs Deque - What's the difference?

dequeue | deque | Alternative forms |

Deque is a alternative form of dequeue.



As nouns the difference between dequeue and deque

is that dequeue is an alternative spelling of lang=en while deque is a linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.

As a verb dequeue

is to remove an item from a queue.

dequeue

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (dequeu)
  • (computing) to remove an item from a queue
    • Antonyms
    * enqueue

    deque

    English

    Alternative forms

    *dequeue

    Noun

    (wikipedia deque) (en noun)
  • (computing) A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
  • :This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.

    • See also

    *list *stack