Block size - file characteristics , COBOL Programming

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Block Size:

The normal practice is to group a number of consecutive records to form that is termed as a block or a physical record. The number of records in a block is frequently known as "blocking factors".

The IOCS reserves a memory space equivalent to the size of a block of the file. This memory space is termed as the buffer. 

 


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