A multiset is a set in which an item may appear more than once. That is, whereas duplicates are not permitted in a regular set, they are permitted in a multiset. Multisets are also known simply as bags .
Sets and multisets are in other respects quite similar:
Both support operations to insert and withdraw items;
both provide a means to test the membership of a given item;
and both support the basic set operations
of union, intersection, and difference.
As a result, the Multiset interface
is essentially the same as the Set interface
as shown in Program .