BS 4732:1988

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Specification for file structure and labelling of magnetic tape for information interchange

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BSI	1988	20

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Categories: 35.220.22 - Magnetic tapes, BSI

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Description

This International Standard specifies the file structure and the labelling of magnetic tapes for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems.

This International Standard also specifies

volume and file structure;
basic characteristics of the blocks containing the records constituting the file;
recorded labels for identifying files, file sections and volumes of magnetic tapes;
four nested levels of interchange.

Furthermore, this International Standard specifies requirements for the processes which are provided within information processing systems, to enable information to be interchanged between different systems, utilizing recorded magnetic tape as the medium of interchange. For this purpose it specifies the functions to be provided within systems which are intended to originate or receive magnetic tape volumes which conform to this International Standard.

Specifies file structure and labelling for the interchange of information between users of information processing systems.

Additional information

Status	Revision Underway
Pages	20
Publication Date	1988-09-30
ISBN	0 580 16722 4
Standard Number	BS 4732:1988, ISO 1001-1986
Title	Specification for file structure and labelling of magnetic tape for information interchange
Identical National Standard Of	ISO 1001:1986
Replaces	BS 4732-2:1979
Descriptors	Data layout, Data organization, Data transfer, File organization (computers), Information exchange, Data media, Data blocks, Block formats, Sets of data, Magnetic tape recordings, Tags (data processing), Information transfer, Files, Data structures, Magnetic tapes
Publisher	BSI
Committee	ICT/1
ICS Codes	35.220.22 - Magnetic tapes

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