Disjoint Sets

Disjoint sets are groups where no elements are shared between them. Imagine several boxes, each containing different items. If the items in one box do not appear in any other box, then these boxes are disjoint sets. In computer science, disjoint sets are used to manage collections where it’s important to know which items belong together, like tracking connected components in a network or grouping related data. The main idea is that each set is separate and distinct, with no overlaps.