In depth first search of a search tree, one progresses by first looking as deeply as possibly down the left most branch at each node one encounters, and then each successive branch in order. This is one of the simplest search strategies alongside breadth first search.
Used in Chap. 4: pages 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 61; Chap. 18: pages 295, 296
Also known as depth first, depth first
Depth first search – order of visiting nodes.