Memory Management

q In order to implement any data structure on an actual computer, we need to use computer memory. q Computer memory is organized into a sequence of words, each of which typically consists of 4, 8, or 16 bytes (depending on the computer). q These memory words are numbered from 0 to N −1, where N is the number of memory words available to the computer. q The number associated with each memory word is known as its memory address.