The data appering in our data structure are processed by means of certen operation. In fact, the particular data structure that one choose for a given situation depends largely on the frequency with which specific operations are performed Source Traversing: accessing each record exacily once so that certain item in the record may be processed. searching. finding the location of the record with a given key value or finding the locations of all record which satisfy one or more conditionsource Insering: Adding a new record to the structure4Deleting: Removing a record from a structure