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    Sequential access is a term describing a group of elements (such as data in a memory array or a disk file or on magnetic-tape data storage) being accessed...
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  • Records are accessed based on their sequential order, that is, the order in which they were written to the file; which means that accessing a particular...
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  • Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) is a method for creating, maintaining, and manipulating computer files of data so that records can be retrieved...
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    native z/OS access method, or OSAM, an IMS-specific method optimizing I/O for IMS access patterns, particularly benefiting from sequential access (OSAM Sequential...
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  • computing, sequential access memory (SAM) is a class of data storage devices that read stored data in a sequence. This is in contrast to random access memory...
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    be in the set. In computer science it is typically contrasted to sequential access which requires data to be retrieved in the order it was stored. For...
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  • requires a proportionally long time to access a distant point in a medium. Access methods for DASD include sequential, partitioned, indexed, and direct. The...
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  • access methods in approximate chronological order: BDAM - Basic direct access method BSAM - Basic sequential access method QSAM - Queued sequential access...
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  • tree data structure that maintains sorted data and allows searches, sequential access, insertions, and deletions in logarithmic time. The B-tree generalizes...
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  • engine, initially known as INFORMIX-Turbo. Turbo used the new Random Sequential Access Method (RSAM), with great multi-user performance benefits over C-ISAM...
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  • but does not change the fundamental sequential access nature of tape.[citation needed] Tape has a long random access time since the deck must wind an average...
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    moved. Sequential access The accessing of pieces of information will be in a serial order, one after the other; therefore the time to access a particular...
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  • during the run of a program Indexed color, in computer imagery Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM), used for indexing data for fast retrieval Lookup table...
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  • mainframe operating systems, Basic sequential access method (BSAM) is an access method to read and write datasets sequentially. BSAM is available on OS/360...
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  • mainframe operating systems, Queued Sequential Access Method (QSAM) is an access method to read and write datasets sequentially. QSAM is available on OS/360...
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    designed for sequential access, the highest-performing algorithms assume data is stored in a data structure which allows random access. From the beginning...
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  • array data structures) allow constant-time random access, while linked lists allow only sequential access to elements. Singly linked lists, in fact, can...
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  • access, reading and writing data in specific memory locations; it can retrieve as little as a single byte. NAND flash reads and writes sequentially at...
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  • fundamental types of data access exist: sequential access (as in magnetic tape, for example) random access (as in indexed media) Data access crucially involves...
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  • In phylogenetics, a single-access key (also called dichotomous key, sequential key, analytical key, or pathway key) is an identification key where the...
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    File system (redirect from Sequential file)
    This permits multiple users (or processes) access to various data on the disk without regard to the sequential location of the data. Examples include FAT...
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  • operations on a sequential access device begin at the current tape position, not at a specific LBA. The block size on sequential access devices can either...
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  • the ISAM Drivers, DLLs that allow access to a variety of Indexed Sequential Access Method ISAM databases, among them xBase, Paradox, Btrieve and FoxPro...
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    stability. A tape drive provides sequential access storage, unlike a hard disk drive, which provides direct access storage. A disk drive can move to...
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  • optimality. Scanning Theorem—Also known as the Sequential Access Theorem or the Queue theorem. Accessing the n elements of a splay tree in symmetric order...
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    and static random-access memory (SRAM), which both maintain data only for as long as power is applied, or forms of sequential-access memory such as magnetic...
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  • refreshable memory, but as opposed to modern random-access memory, delay-line memory was sequential-access. Analog delay line technology had been used since...
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  • transaction can be typically written as a sum of initial access latency plus sequential access latency.   t t o t a l = t i n i t i a l + t s e q u e n...
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  • compatible with indexed sequential access method (ISAM), Structured Query Language (SQL), and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) data access methods, reads and writes...
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  • table. Sequential access methods for IBM's z/OS and z/VSE mainframe operating systems: Basic Sequential Access Method (BSAM), Basic Partitioned Access Method...
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