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by skj 3856 days ago
I believe your and abcdabcd987's use of the term BST is not exactly what is commonly used. A BST refers to both the data structure and the algorithm used to manage it. An RB tree is a different concept. An RB tree is a binary tree, certainly, since the term "binary tree" implies no algorithms, but it is not a "binary search tree" in its specific denotation.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_tree#Types

> There are many types of binary search trees. AVL trees and red-black trees are both forms of self-balancing binary search trees.