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All data structures used to represent data in the memory of a computer are at essentially '''sets'''. Unlike a mathematical [[Set|set]]
All data structures used to represent data in the memory of a computer are at essentially <span id='Set'></span>'''sets'''. Unlike a mathematical [[Set|set]], the sets manipulated by computers are '''finite''', and their composition change in time, so they are called '''dynamic'''. We know from mathematics

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All data structures used to represent data in the memory of a computer are at essentially sets. Unlike a mathematical set, the sets manipulated by computers are finite, and their composition change in time, so they are called dynamic. We know from mathematics