(definition)
Definition: A node of a tree that has one or more child nodes, equivalently, one that is not a leaf.
Also known as nonterminal node.
Note: See [CLR90, page 93] or [HS83, page 220].
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Lawrence J. Wobker and Paul E. Black, "internal node", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
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