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efficient way to allocate groups of equal-sized chunks of memory.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists.html">Doubly-Linked Lists</a> - linked lists containing integer values or pointers to data, with the ability
to iterate over the list in both directions.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Singly-Linked-Lists.html">Singly-Linked Lists</a> - linked lists containing integer values or pointers to data, limited to
iterating over the list in one direction.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Double-ended-Queues.html">Double-ended Queues</a> - double-ended queue data structure.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Trash-Stacks.html">Trash Stacks</a> - maintain a stack of unused allocated memory chunks.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Hash-Tables.html">Hash Tables</a> - associations between keys and values so that given a key the value
can be found quickly.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Strings.html">Strings</a> - text buffers which grow automatically as text is added.</dt><dt><a href="glib-String-Chunks.html">String Chunks</a> - efficient storage of groups of strings.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Arrays.html">Arrays</a> - arrays of arbitrary elements which grow automatically as elements are added.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Pointer-Arrays.html">Pointer Arrays</a> - arrays of pointers to any type of data, which grow automatically as new
elements are added.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Byte-Arrays.html">Byte Arrays</a> - arrays of bytes, which grow automatically as elements are added.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Balanced-Binary-Trees.html">Balanced Binary Trees</a> - a sorted collection of key/value pairs optimized for searching
and traversing in order.</dt><dt><a href="glib-N-ary-Trees.html">N-ary Trees</a> - trees of data with any number of branches.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Quarks.html">Quarks</a> - a 2-way association between a string and a unique integer identifier.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Keyed-Data-Lists.html">Keyed Data Lists</a> - lists of data elements which are accessible by a string or GQuark identifier.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Datasets.html">Datasets</a> - associate groups of data elements with particular memory locations.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Relations-and-Tuples.html">Relations and Tuples</a> - tables of data which can be indexed on any number of fields.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Caches.html">Caches</a> - caches allow sharing of complex data structures to save resources.</dt><dt><a href="glib-Memory-Allocators.html">Memory Allocators</a> - allocates chunks of memory for GList, GSList and GNode.</dt></dl></div></div><table class="navigation" width="100%" summary="Navigation footer" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="middle"><td align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="glib-Windows-Compatability-Functions.html"><b><< Windows Compatibility Functions</b></a></td><td align="right"><a accesskey="n" href="glib-Memory-Chunks.html"><b>Memory Chunks >></b></a></td></tr></table></body></html>