Discuss the impact (and draw an example) of using a sentinel node or dummy node at the head of a list.

What will be an ideal response?


A sentinel node allows the operations to assume there is a node (at least the sentinel) in the list. Therefore, special checks are not needed to set, for instance, the front reference, once the list is set up initially.

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What will be an ideal response?

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In Windows 10, notifications appear in the ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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When the function terminates, its memory space is ____.

A. allocated B. recycled C. left intact D. deallocated

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