The document discusses stacks and queues, which are linear data structures that maintain order. Stacks follow LIFO (last in, first out) order, where new elements are added to the top and the top element is removed first. Queues follow FIFO (first in, first out) order, where new elements are added to the rear and elements are removed from the front. The document compares stacks and queues, noting that stacks are used for calculations and function calls while queues are used for character buffers and print queues.