Murach's Mainframe COBOL

Chapter 12 Concepts and terms for working with disk files
Disk concepts and terms 332
How data is stored on a disk drive 332
How the data in a sector is read or written 334
Blocked versus unblocked records 336
Fixed-length versus variable-length records 336
File organization concepts 338
Sequential file organization 338
Indexed file organization 340
Indexed file organization with alternate indexes 342
Relative file organization 344
VSAM file organizations 344
Typical programs that work with disk files 346
Interactive programs 346
Batch programs 348
Perspective 352
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