TurboIMAGE/XL Database Management System Reference Manual MPE/iX V6.5 (30391-90011)
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Internal Structures and Techniques
10 Internal Structures and Techniques
In addition to the data elements discussed in chapter 2, TurboIMAGE/XL uses a number of
internal structures and techniques to provide rapid and efficient access to the database
content. This chapter describes these structures and techniques to give you an overview of
the way TurboIMAGE/XL works.
NOTE
In this manual a word is a 32-bit storage unit and a halfword is a 16-bit
storage unit. One byte is 8 bits.