File organisation
File organisation
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| 2. | This type of file allows you to generate a storage address from the data itself. | | 4. | This type of file is in an order, often primary key order. | | 5. | In hash files, you don't want to store data all over this. | | 7. | A good hashing algorithm minimises these. | | 8. | Good hashing algorithms need to be this. |
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| 1. | A type of sequential file that can be used for batch processing but also allow fast look-up. | | 3. | A file that is updated using a transaction file. | | 4. | A file stored in no particular order (except time order). | | 6. | A type of processing where you collect similar transactions over a period of time and then process them in the same way using off-peak resources. |
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