Java™ Programming Chapter 13 Vocab

any letter, number, or special symbol (such as a punctuation mark) that comprises data.

storage that does not require power to retain information. Contrast with volatile storage.

a data file that contains records that are accessed one after the other in the order in which they were stored.

hardware storage devices that retain data even when power is lost.

a collection of fields that contain data about an entity.

an operation to clear bytes that have been sent to a buffer for output but that have not yet been output to a hardware d

files that store software instructions.

elements in a storage organization hierarchy. See also directories.

an acronym that describes an error that occurs when changes take place from Time Of Check To Time Of Use.

a program in which the user makes direct requests.

a collection of stored information in a computer system.

describes a file channel in which operations can start at any specified position.

elements in a storage organization hierarchy. See also folders.

files in which records can be located in any order.

files that consist of related records that contain facts and figures, such as employee numbers, names, and salaries.

methods that assist in object creation.

a feature in Java that allows you to use static constants without their class name.

to be encompassed in another type.

memory that requires power to retain information. Contrast with nonvolatile storage.

an object that is an avenue for reading and writing a file.

random access files.

a data variable declared in a class outside of any method; in reference to storage, a group of characters that has some

files that contain data that can be read in a text editor because the data has been encoded using a scheme such as ASCII

files that store software instructions.

describes applications that require a record to be accessed immediately while a client is waiting.

the main directory of a storage device, outside any folders.

a pipeline or channel through which bytes flow into and out of an application.

the character used to separate path components.

temporary, volatile storage.

the field in a record that makes the record unique from all others.

the action that creates an object and associates a stream of bytes with it.

random access files.

files that contain data that have not been encoded as text; their contents are in binary format.

a path that depends on other path information to be complete.

processing that involves performing the same tasks with many records, one after the other.

to make a file no longer available to an application.

the action that creates an object and associates a stream of bytes with it.

fields that are separated with a comma.

a complete file path that does not require any other information to locate a file on a system.

the complete list of the disk drive plus the hierarchy of directories in which a file resides.