A USER'S GUIDE TO THE OPERATION OF AN INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM ON THE B5500 COMPUTER.

Abstract

The manual describes an information storage and retrieval (IS and R) system implemented on the University of Washington's Burroughs B5500 computer. This IS and R capability can be applied to a class of file management problems, known as descriptor systems. The implementation of this capability is based on the large capacity storage organization scheme developed by Kidall. The manual is divided into four sections: introduction and terminology, system description, a formal language description of the user command language (including syntax, semantics, and examples), and operational characteristics. The manual is designed to be a reference tool for the user of the IS and R system.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1970
Accession Number
AD0708190

Entities

People

  • Jeanne M. Finke

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Formal Languages
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Organizational Structure
  • Semantics
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Science.