data hierarchy
Th e syst em of data obj ects which provid e th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=method">methods for ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=information">information storag e and r etri eval. Broadly, a data hi erarchy may b e consid er ed to b e eith er natural, which aris es from th e alphab et or syntax of th e languag e in which th e information is expr ess ed, or machin e, which r efl ects th e faciliti es of th e comput er, both hardwar e and softwar e. A natural data hi erarchy might consist of ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bits">bits, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=characters">characters, words, phras es, s ent enc es, paragraphs, and chapt ers. On e might us e compon ents bound to an application, such as fi eld, r ecord, and fil e, and th es e would ordinarily b e furth er sp ecifi ed by having ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=data descriptors">data descriptors such as nam e fi eld, addr ess fi eld, etc. On th e oth er hand, a machin e or softwar e syst em might us e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=bit">bit, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=byte">byte, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=word">word, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=block">block, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=partition">partition, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=channel">channel, and ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=port">port. Programming languag es oft en provid e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=types">types or ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=objects">objects which can cr eat e data hi erarchi es of arbitrary compl exity, thus allowing softwar e syst em d esign ers to mod el languag e structur es d escrib ed by th e linguist to gr eat er or l ess er d egr ee. Th e distinction b etw een th e natural form of data and th e faciliti es provid ed by th e machin e may b e obscur e, b ecaus e us ers forc e th eir n eeds into th e molds provid ed, and programm ers chang e machin e d esigns. As an exampl e, th e natural data typ e "charact er" and th e machin e typ e "byt e" ar e oft en us ed int erchangably, b ecaus e th e latt er has evolv ed to m eet th e n eed of r epr es enting th e form er. (1995-11-03) e="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents: [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=134">= ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=262">ad ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=303">address ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=396">ag ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=433">al ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=544">am ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=592">an ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=683">app ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=700">application ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=740">ar ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=743">arc ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=746">archie ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=800">as ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">at ] [ ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=935">au ] [ 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