A linked list is a linear collection of data elements called nodes that “point” to the next node by means of a pointer.
Each node holds a single element of data and a link or pointer to the next node in the list.
A head node is the first node in the list, a tail node is the last node in the list. Below is a basic representation of a linked list:
[ NODE(head) ] -> [ NODE ] -> [ NODE(tail) ] -> nil