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Noun Concept
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sentinel node  sentinel value  dummy data  flag value  rogue value
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In computer programming, a sentinel node is a specifically designated node used with linked lists and trees as a traversal path terminator. Wikipedia
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In computer programming, a sentinel node is a specifically designated node used with linked lists and trees as a traversal path terminator. Wikipedia
In computer programming, a sentinel value is a special value in the context of an algorithm which uses its presence as a condition of termination, typically in a loop or recursive algorithm. Wikipedia
An object to represent the end of a data structure Wikipedia Disambiguation
A flag value used to terminate a loop, a variable length list, or other analogous purpose Wikipedia Disambiguation
in-band data value that must be handled specially by computer code Wikidata