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Storage record
In computer science, a storage record is: * A group of related data, words, or fields treated as a meaningful unit; for instance, a Name, Address, and Telephone Number can be a "Personal Record". * A self-contained collection of information about a single object; a record is made up of a number of distinct items, called fields. In record-oriented filesystems, a record is a basic unit of device-to-program data transfers. "A storage record is the direct result of transforming a logical record to an actual storage format." Files in record-oriented filesystems are structured collections of records. Records may have a fixed length or variable length. In Unix-like systems, a number of programs (for example, awk, join, and sort) are designed to process data consisting of records (called lines) each separated by newlines, where each record may contain a number of fields separated by spaces, commas, or some other character.
Article summary
In computer science, a storage record is: * A group of related data, words, or fields treated as a meaningful unit; for instance, a Name, Address, and Telephone Number can be a "Personal Record". * A self-contained collection of information about a single object; a record is made up of a number of distinct items, called fields. In record-oriented filesystems, a record is a basic unit of device-to-program data transfers. "A storage record is the direct result of transforming a logical record to an actual storage format." Files in record-oriented filesystems are structured collections of records. Records may have a fixed length or variable length. In Unix-like systems, a number of programs (for example, awk, join, and sort) are designed to process data consisting of records (called lines) each separated by newlines, where each record may contain a number of fields separated by spaces, commas, or some other character.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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