ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL 2382-4 STANDARD NORME First edition INTERNATIONALE Premiere édition 1999-11-01 Information technology Vocabulary - Part 4: Organization of data Technologies de I'information - Vocabulaire - Partie 4: Organisation des donnees Reference number Numéro de référence ISO/IEC 2382-4:1999(E/F) IEC @ISO/IEC1999 ISO/IEC2382-4:1999(E/F) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The isO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. PDF-Exoneration de responsabilite Le present fichier PDF peut contenir des polices de caracteres integrees. Conformement aux conditions de licence d'Adobe, ce fichier peut I'utilisation de ces polices et que celles-ci y soient installees. Lors du telechargement de ce fichier, les parties concernees acceptent de fait la responsabilite de ne pas enfreindre les conditions de licence d'Adobe. Le Secretariat central de lisO decline toute responsabilite en la matiere. Adobe est une marque deposee d'Adobe Systems Incorporated. Les details relatifs aux produits logiciels utilises pour la creation du present fichier PDF sont disponibles dans la rubrique General Info du fichier; les parametres de creation PDF ont ete optimises pour limpression. Toutes les mesures ont ete prises pour garantir I'exploitation de ce fichier par les comites membres de I'iso. Dans le cas peu probable ou surviendrait un probleme d'utilisation, veuillez en informer le Secretariat central a Tadresse donnee ci-dessous. ISO/IEC 1999 or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body microfilms, sans I'accord écrit de IlSO a I'adresse ci-apres ou du comite membre de I'lSO dans le pays du demandeur. ISO copyright office Case postale 56.CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 734 10 79 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland/lmprime en Suisse ii @ISO/IEC 1999-All rights reserved/Tous droits réservés ISO/IEC2382-4:1999(E/F) Contents Page Foreword. Introduction vi Section 1: General 1.1 1.2 Normative references ... Principles and rules followed 1.3 1.3.1 Definition of an entry . 1.3.2 Organization of an entry. 1.3.3 Classification of entries 1.3.4 Selection of terms and wording of definitions, 1.3.5 Multiple meanings . 1.3.6 Abbreviations 1.3.7 Useofparentheses 1.3.8 Use of brackets 1.3.9 Use of terms printed in italic typeface in definitions and the use of an asterisk.. 1.3.10 Spelling........ 1.3.11 Organization of the alphabetical index.... Section2: Terms and definitions 04 Organization of data... 04.01 Character sets... 04.02 Codes 04.03 Graphic characters 8 04.04 Control characters 10 04.05 Strings 11 04.06 12 04.07 Structuring of data. 12 04.08 Lists. 14 04.09 Delimiters and identifiers 15 04.10 Trees.. 17 Figure 1 Stack, queue, and dequeue 18 Figure 2 B-tree of order 2. 18 Alphabetical indexes English 19 French, 22 ISO/IEC 1999 - All rights reserved/Tous droits reserves ili ISO/IEC2382-4:1999(E/F) Sommaire Page Avant-propos. . vi Introduction .vili Section 1: Generalites 1.1 Domaine d'application .. 1.2 References normatives... 1.3 Principes d'établissement et regles suivies 1.3.1 Definition de I'article 1.3.2 Cons