
Computer Science
Record 2 Record 3 Record 4 Record 5
Fields in record 4
Figure 6.2 Serial filing allows for large differences in the size of fields and
records, even for different records having different numbers of fields
computer, and rearrange them into alphabetical order, using the first name
in the record on which to base the order. It is possible also, if the number of
records is too large for the memory, to carry out this reorganization on two
disks.
You then have the problem, however, that when you enter another
record it will almost inevitably be in the wrong place, at the end of the list, so
that the sorting will have to be carrie ...