Csci 2111: Data and File Structures Week1, Lecture 1

3/22/98


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Csci 2111: Data and File Structures Week1, Lecture 1

Outline

Definition

Why Study File Structure Design? I. Data Storage

Why Study File Structure Design? II. Memory versus Secondary Storage

Why Study File Structure Design? III. How Can Secondary Storage Access Time be Improved?

Overview of File Structure Design I. General Goals

Overview of File Structure Design II. Fixed versus Dynamic Files

History of File Structures I. Early Work

History of File Structures II. The emergence of Disks and Indexes

History of File Structures III. The emergence of Tree Structures

History of File Structures IV. Balanced Trees

History of File Structures V. Hash Tables

Author: N & N