Edexcel GCSE Computer Science

2.3.2: understand the need for, and understand how to use, data structures (records, one-dimensional arrays, two-dimensional arrays)

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Keyword	Definition
1D array	a data structure that is like a list of values.
2D array	a data structure that is like a list of lists or a grid / table
Array	a data structure that stores multiple values of the same data type in a specific order
Data structure	a record or array that stores multiple values
Index	the position of a value within an array
Length	the number of values inside an array

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