Definition · applies to data

Elementary

An array is an arrangement of objects in rows and columns.

High school

An array is a set of items arranged in rows and columns (or in a list, or in a block with more directions).

Undergraduate (programming)

An array is a collection of elements indexed by tuples of integers $(i_1, \dots, i_k)$ in a rectangular index range. The number $k$ of indices is the number of axes (or dimensions) of the array.

Notes

An array is a data structure. Its entries can be any type, and no arithmetic is implied.

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