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Record 1 2001-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
OBS

update: to change the data in a file to reflect new or more current information: for example, a master file is updated by a transaction file.

French

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

A l'intérieur d'une unité de traitement, fichier dont les données sont d'abord lues, puis «mises à jour» en fonction des éléments variables introduits simultanément, puis réécrites sur le même support, et en principe à la même place.

Spanish

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

Archivo (fichero) desde el cual un programa lee un registro, actualiza algunos de los campos que lo integran, y lo vuelve a escribir en la misma posición donde se encontraba.

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