Managing Network Access to a Distributed Database

Abstract

This paper describes a program, FAM--for File Access Manager--, used to access to data distributed over a computer network. FAM is part of a system which allows a casual user to express queries in a restricted subset of English, about a database of fourteen files stored redundantly on several Datacomputers. FAM is responsible for the data distribution aspects of the whole system: it establishes the network connections, decides which files in redundant groups to use, opens and closes them as needed. This paper presents some of the techniques which are used and discusses the limitations of this particular approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA635777

Entities

People

  • Daniel Sagalowicz
  • P. Morris

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Generators
  • Information Operations
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Natural Languages
  • Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Systems Analysis and Design