The DICT Development Group

  data structure
  
      Any method of organising a collection of
     data to allow it to be manipulated effectively.  It may
     include meta data to describe the properties of the
     structure.
  
     Examples data structures are: array, dictionary, graph,
     hash, heap, linked list, matrix, object, queue,
     ring, stack, tree, vector.
  
     (2003-09-11)