Queue Data Structure
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A Queue Data Structure is a fundamental concept in computer science used for storing and managing data in a specific order.
- It follows the principle of "First in, First out" (FIFO), where the first element added to the queue is the first one to be removed.
- It is used as a buffer in computer systems where we have speed mismatch between two devices that communicate with each other. For example, CPU and keyboard and two devices in a network
- Queue is also used in Operating System algorithms like CPU Scheduling and Memory Management, and many standard algorithms like Breadth First Search of Graph, Level Order Traversal of a Tree.
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Implementations in Different Languages
- Queue in C++ STL
- Queue In Java
- Queue In Python
- Queue In C#
- Queue in JavaScript
- Queue in Go Language
- Queue in Scala
Easy Problems
Medium Problems
Hard Problems
- Reverse First K of Queue
- Sliding Window Maximum
- Shortest path in a Binary Maze
- Generate Binary from 1 to n
- Maximum Cost Path
- Snake and Ladder Problem
- Shortest safe route
- All possible walks with K edges
- Minimum Cost Path
- Min Cost Path via intermediates
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