Hierarchy Glossary

Browse 4 hierarchy terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

4 Hierarchy Terms

Code Pyramid
A stacked structure of code layers or abstractions, sometimes organized well and sometimes top-heavy. In engineering slang, code pyramid usually highlights the...
Flat Hierarchy
An organizational structure with relatively few management layers between contributors and decision-makers. In culture discussions flat hierarchies are praised...
Tree
A hierarchical data structure composed of nodes connected by edges, where each node has zero or more children and exactly one parent (except the root, which...
Treemap
A visualization technique that represents hierarchical data as nested rectangles, where each rectangle's area is proportional to a quantitative value. Commonly...

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