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The Computer Journal 1964 7(1):19-21; doi:10.1093/comjnl/7.1.19
© 1964 by British Computer Society
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Record identification using variable alphanumeric names

D. G. W. Thomas *

Rio Tino Zinc Services Ltd., 6 St James Square, London, UK

This paper considers the problem of using a variable-length alphanumeric name, which may be read into a computer system in a variety of forms, as a key or file reference, and describes a data input program which was written for the English Electric-Leo KDP 10 which successfully employed this technique.


* * Formerly with the English Electric Company Ltd., Kidsgrove, Staffs. Now with the Rio Tinto Zinc Services Ltd., 6, St. James's Square, London, S.W.I.


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