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Arrays and Linked lists

Arrays store elements in contiguous memory locations, resulting in easily calculable addresses for the elements stored and this allows faster access to an element at a specific index. Linked lists are less rigid in their storage structure and elements are usually not stored in contiguous locations, hence they need to be stored with additional tags giving a reference to the next element. This difference in the data storage scheme decides which data structure would be more suitable for a given situation.

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• @article@Arrays in Python
• @video@Array Data Structure | Illustrated Data Structures
• @video@Linked List Data Structure | Illustrated Data Structures
• @article@Linked List Python