TERMIUM Plus®

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Record 1 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

A field in a database segment used to store segment occurrences in sequential ascending order.

OBS

sequencing key: a key used to determine the sequence of the items in a set. The keys may be in or a part of the items being sequenced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Codes (Software)
DEF

In VSAM, a field, located in the same position in each record of a file or data set, whose content is used for the key of a record.

OBS

VSAM: Virtual Storage Access Method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Codes (Logiciels)

Spanish

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