TERMIUM Plus®

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DIRECTORY ENTRY [1 record]

Record 1 2020-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • IT Security
DEF

A fixed-length field within the directory that contains information about the field tag, the length and the location of a specific field within a given record.

CONT

For each file that belongs in a directory, the directory has a place holder, called a directory entry. The directory entry describes the name of the file that belongs there, but not the version.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI

Spanish

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