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'''Data structure alignment''' is the way [[Data (computing)|data]] is arranged and accessed in [[computer memory]]. Alignments are chosen as some compromise between the conflicting goals of maximum efficiency with which the hardware may access the data and minimum space used to store the data. This compromise is a form of [[space-time tradeoff]].

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