The document discusses stacks and queues as data structures. It defines stacks as first-in last-out (LIFO) structures where elements are added and removed from one end of the list. Queues are defined as first-in first-out (FIFO) structures where elements are added to one end and removed from the other. The document provides examples of using stacks and queues in programming and describes the common operations that can be performed on each type of data structure.