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DISPOSITIVO SECUENCIAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A data storage device having the property that the time required to access a randomly selected datum does not depend on the time of the last access or location of the most recently accessed datum.

OBS

In microcomputers, a distinction is drawn between RAM, the contents of which can be changed by the user's program, and read-only memory (or ROM), the contents of which are fixed once and for all by the manufacturer.

OBS

random access memory; direct access storage; random access storage; RAM: terms and abbreviation officially approved by CNGI; random access memory; RAM: term and abbreviation standardized by NATO; random access storage; random access store: terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • direct-access storage
  • direct access store
  • random-access storage
  • random memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire dont le contenu peut être modifié en usage normal.

OBS

mémoire à accès direct; mémoire active; mémoire à accès sélectif : termes uniformisés par le CNGI; mémoire à accès aléatoire; RAM : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'OTAN; mémoire vive; RAM : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Dispositivo de almacenamiento auxiliar en que el tiempo de acceso para extraer los elementos de datos es constante, relativamente breve e independiente; por ejemplo, un dispositivo en que el modo(modalidad) de acceso no es secuencial como en una cinta magnética.

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Record 2 2003-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

Un dispositivo de almacenamiento de acceso secuencial aleatorio es aquél, en que el medio de almacenamiento de la información está agrupado en bandas.

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Record 3 2003-02-27

English

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

Sequential storage devices should be used when it is acceptable to read the records in the sequence they are stored on the storage medium. Sequential storage devices are used, for instance, for archiving purposes or when a so-called backup is made of programs or data from a randomly accessible storage device.

French

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

Spanish

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

Dispositivo de almacenamiento, por ejemplo, una cinta magnética, que provee acceso secuencial a los datos almacenados en el mismo y cuyo tiempo de acceso depende de la posición de los datos, ya que un elemento puede accesarse solamente leyendo primero los datos precedentes.

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