A hierarchical ordering of a finite number of objects may be stored in a tree data structure. Operations on a hierarchically stored container include: Accessing the root, given an object in the container: Access the parent of the current object, find the degree of the current object, get a reference to a child, attach a new sub-tree to the current object, detach this tree from its parent. | Lecture Algorithms and data structures Chapter 16 - Singly Linked List