skip list

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skip list

Summary

skip list is a list[1]. It draws 402 Wikipedia views per month (list category, ranking #15 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • skip list is credited with the discovery of William Pugh[3].
  • skip list's instance of is recorded as list[4].
  • skip list's instance of is recorded as probabilistic data structure[5].
  • skip list's Commons category is recorded as Skip list[6].
  • +1989-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of skip list[7].
  • skip list's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • skip list's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xj5l[9].
  • skip list's worst-case space complexity is recorded as O(n \log n)[10].
  • skip list's average space complexity is recorded as O(n)[11].
  • skip list's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as skiplist[12].
  • skip list's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as jumpList[13].
  • skip list's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as skipSearch[14].
  • skip list's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as skiplistI[15].
  • skip list's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 54284106[16].
  • skip list's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as skip-lists[17].

Why It Matters

skip list draws 402 Wikipedia views per month (list category, ranking #15 of 105).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_skip-list_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{skip list}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/skip-list}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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