THE CONCEPT OF COMPUTER FILES
CONTENT
- Definition of Terms
- Types of Data Items
- File Structure Organization
- Types of File Organization
Definition of Terms
Computer Files
This is an entity of data available to system users that is capable of being manipulated as an entry. Computer files are the most basic unit of data that users can store on a disk. Every program, image, video, song, and document is stored as a file.
Record
A Record is a collection of related data items or fields. Each record usually corresponds to a specific unit of information, e.g Employee number, Employee name, Basic salary, etc. The elements of records are usually called fields or members.
Field
This is portion where data items are physically arranged in a computer file. It is commonly used to refer to a column in a database or a field in a data entry form. It is a space allocated for a particular item of information.
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Wilfred Bassey
Halima Ahmadu
David Oyedepo
Sadiq Barau
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