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Lesk, Michael – Scientific American, 1984
Discusses software developed to organize and retrieve electronically stored data, examining structure of the databases in which information is stored and the physical structure of the storage medium. Hierarchical and relational databases, unordered files, B-trees, and storage/software for specific purposes (such as weather, stock market, and…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Databases
