The document discusses stacks and queues. It begins by defining a stack as a collection of homogeneous data elements where insertion and deletion occurs at one end, known as the top. The stack follows the LIFO (last in, first out) principle. Common stack operations like push and pop are introduced. Implementing stacks using both arrays and linked lists is covered. Applications of stacks like balancing symbols, recursion, undo operations are mentioned. The document then moves to discussing queues, their applications and implementations. Priority queues and their applications are also briefly covered.