A combination of eight’s 8 consecutive bits.

It is information for adding, deleting or modifying a record in a master file.

Stored in other files or files or are resident in main memory.

A single digit number represented by either 0 or 1.

It is acts as a temporary in the application.

A collection of related character.

The technique used to represent and store the records in a file.

The way in which components relate to each other.

The operation of individual components as part of the structure.

A small amount of storage available as part of a CPU or other digital processor.

A term for the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design.

 Code that a central processor reads and acts upon.

It is contain relatively permanent data or historical status data.

Refers to the physical ordering of the records in external storage.

It is contain data that is formatted for presentation to a user.

UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer)

Set of registers (storage in CPU)

Stored Program concept.

Eckert and Mauchly

Increased density of components on chip.

A computer is made up of gates, memory cells and interconnections.

Second generation machines.

Punched-card processing equipment.

The way in which a file is going to be used in an information system is an important factor in determined how the file should be organized.