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The <list> header is one of the standard container template headers. It declares the list class template and a few global function templates that operate on list objects.
A list is a sequence container that has constant performance when adding to or removing from any point in the container. It supports bidirectional iterators, but not random access. Although the standard does not mandate any particular implementation, the obvious choice is to use a doubly-linked list to implement the list class template.