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  2. System of record - Wikipedia

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    A system of record (SOR) or source system of record (SSoR) is a data management term for an information storage system (commonly implemented on a computer system running a database management system) that is the authoritative data source for a given data element or piece of information, like for example a row (or record) in a table.

  3. Record-oriented filesystem - Wikipedia

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    Record-oriented filesystems can be supported on media other than direct access devices. A deck of punched cards can be considered a record-oriented file. A magnetic tape is an example of a medium that can support records of uniform length or variable length. In a record file system, a programmer designs the records that may be used in a file.

  4. List of file formats - Wikipedia

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    GCF – format used by the Steam content management system for file archives; IMG – format used by Renderware-based Grand Theft Auto games for data storage; LLSP3 – Lego Spike program file; LOVE – format used by the LOVE2D Engine [33] MAP – format used by Halo: Combat Evolved for archive compression, Doom³, and various other games

  5. Comparison of file systems - Wikipedia

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    File system Creator Year of introduction Original operating system; DECtape: DEC: 1964 PDP-6 Monitor OS/3x0 FS: IBM: 1964 OS/360: Level-D DEC: 1968 TOPS-10: George 3 ICT (later ICL) 1968 George 3: Version 6 Unix file system (V6FS) Bell Labs: 1972 Version 6 Unix: RT-11 file system DEC: 1973 RT-11: Disk Operating System GEC: 1973 Core Operating ...

  6. File format - Wikipedia

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    A final way of storing the format of a file is to explicitly store information about the format in the file system, rather than within the file itself. This approach keeps the metadata separate from both the main data and the name, but is also less portable than either filename extensions or "magic numbers", since the format has to be converted ...

  7. Recording format - Wikipedia

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    The text is in an alphanumerical symbolic raw content format. A recording format is a format for encoding data for storage on a storage medium. The format can be container information such as sectors on a disk, or user/audience information such as analog stereo audio. Multiple levels of encoding may be achieved in one format.

  8. NTFS - Wikipedia

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    Subtracting system files (a 64 MB log file, a 2,442,888-byte Bitmap file, and about 25 clusters of fixed overhead) leaves 19,526,158 clusters free for files and indices. Since there are four MFT records per cluster, this volume theoretically could hold almost 4 × 19,526,158 = 78,104,632 resident files.

  9. Comparison of executable file formats - Wikipedia

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    OS/360 and successors, and VS/9, mainframe operating systems none No No No No No Yes Yes No No GOFF: IBM MVS and z/OS mainframe operating systems none No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No a.out: Unix-like: none No No No No Yes [8] Yes [8] Extension No No COFF: Unix-like: none Yes by file Yes No No Yes Yes Extension No No ECOFF: Ultrix, Tru64 UNIX ...