A Double-Ended Queue, Called a Dequeue, Is a Queue That

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Essay

A double-ended queue, called a dequeue, is a queue that instead of having single links, in one direction, has a pair of links, one pointed in each direction. Dequeues allows one to "push" and "pop" information at either end. Is this ADT the same or different from a doubly linked list, as described in the textbook?

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