AN EXPERIMENTAL ON-LINE DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

摘要

This report describes an experimental program system designed to test and demonstrate on-line storage and retrieval of formatted data based on complete internal descriptions of the files. The use of internal descriptions allows each user (who need not be a trained programmer) to define, modify, and cross-associate data files to suit his particu¬lar needs. The experimental program system was implemented by re¬mote use of the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) facilities of Project MAC at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.