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FILE GAP [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

An area on a data medium intended to be used to indicate the end of a file, and possibly, the start of another. A file gap is frequently used for other purposes, in particular, as a flag to indicate the end or beginning of some other group of data.

OBS

file gap: term standardized by CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Zone d'un support de données, destinée à indiquer la fin d'un fichier et, parfois, le début du fichier suivant. Ce même indicateur peut être utilisé comme un drapeau pour signaler la fin ou le début d'un groupe de données.

OBS

espace interfichier : terme normalisé par la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Intervalo de espacio o tiempo asociado con un archivo (fichero) para indicar o señalar el final de dicho archivo.

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