direct-access storage device
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Direct Access Storage Device — [engl.], DASD … Universal-Lexikon
Direct access storage device — In mainframe computers and some minicomputers, a direct access storage device, or DASD ( /ˈdæ … Wikipedia
Direct Access Storage Device — Ein Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) ist ein Gerät für den direkten Speicherzugriff. Mit einem Datenspeichergerät der Kategorie DASD kann man direkt auf Informationen zugreifen, ohne sich über alle Speicherbereiche sequentiell bis zum… … Deutsch Wikipedia
direct-access storage device — Computers. See DASD … Useful english dictionary
Direct access — may refer to: DirectAccess, a network technology in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Direct access, a concept in computer science Direct Access Archive, a proprietary file format Direct access storage device, a secondary computer storage… … Wikipedia
Random Access Storage Device — Any computer storage device which gives direct access to any part of the data recorded in it. See also Serial storage … International financial encyclopaedia
directaccess storage device — direct access storage device n. Abbr. DASD A type of storage device, such as a magnetic disk, in which bits of data are stored at precise locations, enabling the computer to retrieve information directly without having to scan a series of records … Universalium
Direct-attached storage — (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. It is a retronym, mainly used to differentiate non networked storage from SAN and NAS. Contents 1 Features 2 Storage… … Wikipedia
Basic direct access method — In IBM mainframe operating systems, basic direct access method (BDAM) is an access method to read and write data sets directly. In BDAM, the programmer has complete control of the organization of the file. Placement and retrieval is done by… … Wikipedia
Access method — An access method is a function of a mainframe operating system that enables access to data on disk, tape or other external devices. They were introduced in 1963 in IBM OS/360 operating system. [http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/255/ausl… … Wikipedia
