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serial processing
computing
Also known as: sequential processing, serial computer
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development of file systems
- In computer science: Information management
Many file systems are sequential, meaning that successive records are processed in the order in which they are stored, starting from the beginning and proceeding to the end. This file structure was particularly popular in the early days of computing, when files were stored on reels of magnetic tape…
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