Arrangements for sorting or merging computer data on continuous record carriers, e.g. tape, drum, disc

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled > Arrangements for sorting or merging computer data on continuous record carriers, e.g. tape, drum, disc

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G06F 7/24 Sorting, i.e. extracting data from one or more carriers, re-arranging the data in numerical or other ordered sequence, and re-recording the sorted data on the original carrier or on a different carrier or set of carriers
G06F 7/32 Merging, i.e. combining data contained in ordered sequence on at least two record carriers to produce a single carrier or set of carriers having all the original data in the ordered sequence
G06F 7/36 Combined merging and sorting