"sequential file" meaning in All languages combined

See sequential file on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sequential files [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sequential file (plural sequential files)
  1. (computing) A file which consists of the same record types that is stored on a secondary storage device. The physical sequence of records may be based upon sorting values of one or more data items or fields.

Inflected forms

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