What data structure is used to implement a breadth-first search (BFS)?

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What data structure is used to implement a breadth-first search (BFS)?
  1. Stack
  2. Queue
  3. Array
  4. Linked List

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What data structure is used to implement a breadth-first search (BFS)?
  • Step 1: Understand what breadth-first search (BFS) is. It is a way to explore nodes in a graph or tree level by level.
  • Step 2: Know that BFS starts at a specific node and explores all its neighbors before moving on to the next level of nodes.
  • Step 3: Realize that to keep track of which nodes to explore next, we need a way to store them temporarily.
  • Step 4: Learn that a queue is the best data structure for this purpose because it follows the first-in, first-out (FIFO) principle.
  • Step 5: When a node is processed, it is removed from the front of the queue, and any new nodes discovered are added to the back of the queue.
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