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Record 1 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

Storage capacity evolved from vacuum tubes to magnetic disks in the IBM designs, allowing storage capacity to provide semi-random access to users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Método para localizar los datos en el almacenamiento que, en la búsqueda de algún elemento de datos, combina una forma del acceso directo seguida generalmente de una búsqueda secuencial limitada.

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