(data structure)
Definition: A data structure with is only changed by external threads or processes, in contrast to an active data structure.
Note: See the note for active data structure for an example.
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Cite this as:
"passive data structure", from
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures, Paul E. Black, ed.,
NIST.
http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/passiveDataStruc.html
