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| Computer Science 154a/b Introduction to File Processing |
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Introduction to COBOL and report generation techniques. External sorting and merging algorithms. File organization schemes - sequential, indexed sequential, direct access; inverted and multi-list schemes. Characteristics of physical files and storage devices. File operations - access, addition, deletion, update of files. Selection of file organization under various criteria: access time, space. |
| Prerequisite: One of Computer Science 025a, 026a/b, the former Computer Science 028a/b, the former Computer Science 226a/b, the former Engineering Science 030. |
| 2 lecture hours, 1 laboratory/tutorial hour, half course. |
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