The parent of a child node, is the node that has a branch to a leaf or child. See Tree.

The logical group node that represents the containing peer group of a specific node at the next higher level of the hierarchy.

A node above a given node is known as the parent node

a node that contains one or more nodes linked beneath it

tree node linked to lower-level nodes or details that roll up into it. A node can be a parent and a child at the same time, depending on its location within the tree.

In a tree, a node that references a node below.

A node to which one or more other nodes are subordinate. See child node, root.