Data structures and algorithms are vital elements in many computing applications. When programmers design and build applications, they need to model the application data. What this data consists of ...

The physical layout of data. Data fields, memo fields, fixed length fields, variable length fields, records, word processing documents, spreadsheets, data files, database tables and indexes are all ...

In his 1960 book Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, the critic and historian Reyner Banham presciently noted a growing chasm between technological change and the capacity of designers to ...