PROMENADE - AN IMPROVED INTERACTIVE-GRAPHICS MAN/MACHINE SYSTEM FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION. APPENDIX 9e. THE PUTGET VIRTUAL-MEMORY FILE-HANDLING SYSTEM.
Abstract
The PUTGET system performs two important functions. It allows access to the disk via FORTRAN statements without need for programmer knowledge of lower-level disk I/O software or of the actual file formatting on the disk itself. It acts as a virtual-core memory system, so that the user is not responsible for allocation of either core buffer or disk file space. Frequently used disk records are maintained in the core memory so that they are generally available at core access rates rather than disk access rates. The efficiency with which PUTGET can perform this type of operation depends somewhat on the data structure; it works best for sequential access to contiguous files. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0694115
Entities
People
- David L. Hall
- Thomas Humphrey
Organizations
- SRI International