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Basic concepts and nomenclature

Each record of a linked list is often called an 'element' or ' node '.

The field of each node that contains the address of the next node is usually called the 'next link' or 'next pointer'. The remaining fields are known as the 'data', 'information', 'value', 'cargo', or 'payload' fields.

The 'head' of a list is its first node. The 'tail' of a list may refer either to the rest of the list after the head, or to the last node in the list. In Lisp and some derived languages, the next node may be called the ' cdr ' (pronounced /'kʊd.əɹ/) of the list, while the payload of the head node may be called the 'car'.