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... records allows the records to fit conveniently on the tracks ; for tape storage , the concern is that inter - record gaps do not dominate the tape . Thus , physical considerations play a major role in deter- mining the size of physical ...
... records allows the records to fit conveniently on the tracks ; for tape storage , the concern is that inter - record gaps do not dominate the tape . Thus , physical considerations play a major role in deter- mining the size of physical ...
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... record , called a sentinel , may be written as the last record of the file to mark the end . Of course , to avoid confusion , the fields in such a record must contain values that will never occur as data in the application . Sorted ...
... record , called a sentinel , may be written as the last record of the file to mark the end . Of course , to avoid confusion , the fields in such a record must contain values that will never occur as data in the application . Sorted ...
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... record each . Next group the one - record files into pairs and within each pair designate one file as the trans- action file and the other as the old master . Since each file is sorted ( it has only one record ) , we can now apply the ...
... record each . Next group the one - record files into pairs and within each pair designate one file as the trans- action file and the other as the old master . Since each file is sorted ( it has only one record ) , we can now apply the ...
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