Data Structures are basically algorithms defined in computer science to provide pre-defined solution for the management of data. These algorithms can be implemented by using any programming language with the features supporting by them.
Usage of Data Structures in Real time Programming
Software consists of programs those have to manage data during execution. Hence, during software development, the developer has to write code to manage the data in the program. Take the example of Undo operation of Ms-Word. The recent 24 actions of the user like typing, formatting, deleting will be stored in a temporary memory area called clipboard in RAM.
Now, imagine how those actions could be stored in clipboard. They can be stored in the form of stack. If the user issue Undo command to cancel the last or recent action from the stack of undone actions stored in clipboard will be removed.
Image viewer application use linked list logic, to show next and previous images.
The number of email messages you send at a time will be scheduled using queue logic.
File Explorer uses tree logic to show and access folders and files in your drives.
The program for the find command can be written based on any one of the Searching Algorithms.
The program for the Sort command in Excel can be written based on any one of the Sorting Algorithms.
These are the few examples of how data structures are important for the developer in his work.