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Record 1 2001-01-25

English

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

Physical records located randomly in main or auxiliary modules, that are linked or chained by means of a control field in each record which contains the address of the next record in the series or chain.

French

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

Spanish

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

Archivo (fichero) en el que los registros están dispuestos al azar en la memoria o en la memoria auxiliar, pero se hallan unidos mediante un campo de control en cada registro que proporciona la dirección del siguiente registro de la serie.

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