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File searching system with variable record boundaries

US4044336A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 1975
Grant dateAug 23, 1977
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Expiry dateAug 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99933
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data file searching system in which data is compared with a search key, and the results of the comparison are then analysed by a processing unit. The action of the processing unit is initiated by an end-of-record signal which is generated in accordance with an end-of-record criterion. This criterion can be varied, and this permits the boundaries between records to be effectively varied.

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