2 Aug
2010
2 Aug
'10
8:50 p.m.
CDC terminology generally was "label". On
Zodiac, we had a "Label label
table" for multivolume databases. A bitmap was used to track
allocation, called a Block Reservation Table and called "Bert".
Prime called it a Record Allocation Table, generally RAT or DSKRAT.
Fitting somehow.
IBM had DASD (anyone pronouce it?); CDC had RMS.
Crossing between the
two cultures could be very confusing.
Always DAZZ DEE.
Did anyone have a pronounceable version of
"VSN"? (Volume Serial
Number)
VOLL SEER. :)
How about VRN (visual reel number)? Don't think I ever heard it
pronounced as other than letters.
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